Junkers Ju 88 - Specifications Ju 88 A-4

Specifications Ju 88 A-4

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General characteristics

• Crew: 4 (pilot, bombardier/front gunner, radio operator/rear gunner, navigator/ventral gunner)
• Length: 14.36 m (47 ft 2⅞ in)
• Wingspan: 20.08 m (65 ft 10½ in)
• Height: 5.07 m (16.63 ft)
• Wing area: 54.7 m2 (587 ft2)
• Loaded weight: 8,550 kg (18,832 lb)
• Max. takeoff weight: 14,000 kg (30,865 lb)
• Powerplant: 2 × Junkers Jumo 211J liquid-cooled inverted V-12, 1,044 kW (1,420 PS, 1,401 hp) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 510 km/h (317 mph) at 5,300 m (17,388 ft) without external bomb racks
• Range: 2,430 km (1,429 mi) maximum internal fuel
• Service ceiling: 9,000 m (29,500 ft) at average weight, without bombs

Armament

• Guns:
  
  • 1 × 7.92 mm MG 81J machine gun on flexible mount in front windscreen, firing forward with 1,000 rounds.
  • 2 × 7.92 mm MG 81J on flexible mounts in back of the cockpit firing to the rear with 1,000 rounds each
  • 1 × 7.92 MG 81Z twin machine guns in the gondola under the cockpit firing to the rear with 1,000 rounds in total.
• Bombs:
  
  • 900 kilograms (2,000 lb) in the main internal bomb bay.
  • 500 kilograms (1,100 lb) in the secondary bay created by removing fuel tanks. The lower fuel level reduced range greatly and the extra weight degraded the aircraft's performance characteristics.
  • Up to 3,000 kilograms (6,600 lb) minus the internal load could be carried externally. Carrying bombs externally increased weight and drag and degraded performance still further. Carrying the maximum load required rocket-assisted take-off.

Armament options

• Additional fitting of single 7.92 mm (.312 in) MG 15 machine guns, one to each side of the cockpit glazing in flexible "Donut" mountings, covering the side hemisphere.
• Additional fitting of a single 7.92 mm (.312 in) MG 15, MG 81J (on occasion a twin MG 81Z) or 13 mm (.51 in) MG 131 machine gun in A-Stand in the lower nose glazing.
• A single 13 mm (.51 in) MG 131 was sometimes used in place of the 7.92 mm (.312 in) MG 81J or MG 81Z machineguns in the A-Stand, B-Stand or Bola gondola positions.
• A modification of the A-4, the Ju 88 A-13s could carry the Waffenbehälter WB 81A or WB 81B (firing with 15° downwards deflection) gun pods on external bomb racks for ground attack duties, each "watering can" containing three 7.92 mm (.312 in) MG 81Z twin machine guns, for strafing enemy troops.
• Aircraft may carry one 20 mm MG FF cannon in the nose for ground attack purposes, with 90 rounds of ammunition, in place of the Lotfernrohr 7 bombsight