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Blohm and Voss Bv P.192

1943 SECRET WEAPONS OF THE LUFTWAFFE WORLD WAR 2

History of Blohm and Voss Bv p. 192

The German group Blohm & Voss (also known as Blohm und Voss) is widely known for its involvement in the shipbuilding industry as well as for the large transport aircraft and airships that served the German army during World War II. However, the company delivered hundreds of experimental designs throughout the war, many of which never got past the paper stage.

One such design move became the P. 192, a scheduled ground attack/dive bomber designed to replace the aging and obsolete Junkers Ju 87 "Stuka" series of dive bombers, which had Very important.

The P. 192 was a radical concept aircraft operated by a single crew and powered by an in-line piston engine. The overall design of the aircraft is rather futuristic considering the period of aviation history in question. Wings are large-span appendages attached in the usual manner below the mid-hull. However, they are given a straight leading edge and a swept trailing edge.

Two small outriggers extend from the edge of the front wing and attach to the sides of the front-mounted cockpit. The pilot has great visibility under this bubble-shaped canopy, sitting in front of the wing assembly. The tail uses a standard single vertical tail and high-mounted stabilizers. The landing gear should be a tricycle arrangement using a pair of single-wheel main legs and a single-wheel front leg.

The design has a suggested wingspan of 42 feet 8 inches and a barrel length of 38 feet 5 inches.

The engine layout of the P. 192 differs the most from the aviation specification. The engine room is located directly aft of the cockpit, forward amidships, and powers the four-bladed propeller arrangement. The engines were not configured in a true "push" or "pull" arrangement, but were buried in the fuselage, with propeller blades protruding from the fuselage skin to combat airflow.

Because of this, the small outriggers on the leading edge of the wing need to essentially accommodate the cockpit in front of the main wing attachment. Otherwise, the P. 192 is largely a conventional piston-powered aircraft.

The in-line piston engine DB 603G from Daimler Benz should be selected as the engine. Emerging from a production evaluation in May 1942, the DB 603 was used to power the Messerschmitt Me 410 fighter-bomber, the Dornier Do 217 medium bomber/night fighter and the Heinkel He 219 night fighter - both completed with their respective engine types . Listed specs for the 603G include a maximum power output of 1,874 horsepower.

Proposed weapons are 2 x 20mm MG 151/20 guns mounted on small legs and an additional 2 x 20mm MG 151/20 guns in the bow assembly. For bombing missions, a 1,100-pound bomb would be placed under the fuselage.