Halberstadt C.V

C.V
Role	Reconnaissance
Manufacturer	Halberstädter Flugzeugwerke
Introduction	1918
Primary user	Luftstreitkräfte
Developed from	Halberstadt C.III

The Halberstadt C.V was a German single-engined reconnaissance biplane of World War I, built by Halberstädter Flugzeugwerke.

Derived from the Halberstadt C.III, with a more powerful supercharged 160 kW (220 hp) Benz Bz.IV engine, it saw service only in the final months of the war. Cameras were mounted in the observer's cockpit floor.

Operators

Estonia

Estonian Air Force - Postwar.

German Empire

Luftstreitkrafte

Latvia

Latvian Air Force - Postwar.

Soviet Union

Soviet Air Force - Postwar.

Switzerland

Swiss Air Force

Survivors

A single C.V (S/No. 3471/18) survives at the Musée Royal de l'Armée et d'Histoire Militaire in Brussels, Belgium.

Specifications (C.V)

Data from German Aircraft of the First World War^[1]

General characteristics

Crew: 2
Length: 6.92 m (22 ft 8 in)
Wingspan: 13.62 m (44 ft 8 in)
Height: 3.36 m (11 ft 0 in)
Wing area: 43 m² (460 sq ft)
Empty weight: 930 kg (2,050 lb)
Gross weight: 1,635 kg (3,605 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Benz Bz.IV 6-cyl. water-cooled in-line piston engine, 160 kW (220 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 170 km/h (106 mph; 92 kn)
Endurance: 3½ hours
Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,404 ft)
Rate of climb: 10.42 m/s (2,051 ft/min)
Time to altitude:
- 2,000 m (6,562 ft) in 3 minutes 12 seconds
- 5,000 m (16,404 ft) in 23 minutes

Armament

Guns:
1x 7.92 mm (0.312 in) LMG 08/15 Spandau machine gun mounted in the forward fuselage port side
1x 7.92 mm (0.312 in) Parabellum machine gun on a flexible mounting in the rear cockpit

References

↑ Gray, Peter; Owen Thetford (1970). German Aircraft of the First World War (2nd ed.). London: Putnam & Company Ltd. pp. 143–145.

External links

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Aircraft produced by Halberstädter Flugzeugwerke

A.II B.I B.II B.III C.I CL.II C.III CL.IV C.V C.VII C.VIII C.IX CLS.I CLS.X D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.V G.I

Idflieg C-, CL-, CS-, and CLS-class aircraft designations

C- and CL-	AEG C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII AGO C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.VII C.VII Albatros C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII C.IX C.X C.XI C.XII C.XIII C.XIV C.XV Aviatik C.I C.II C.III C.V C.VI C.VIII C.IX BFW CL.I CL.II CL.III CL.IV DFW C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI Fokker C.I Friedrichshafen C.I Germania C.I C.II C.IV Halberstadt C.I CL.II C.III CL.IV C.V C.VII C.VIII C.IX CLS.X Hannover C.I CL.II CL.III CL.IV CL.V Junkers CL.I LFG/Roland C.I C.II C.III C.V C.VIII LVG C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VIII OAW C.I C.II Otto C.I C.II Pfalz C.I Rumpler C.I C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII C.IX C.X Sablatnig C.I C.II C.III Schütte-Lanz C.I Zeppelin-Friedrichshafen C.I C.II Zeppelin-Lindau C.I C.II

CLS-	Albatros CLS.I Halberstadt CLS.I CLS.II (see also main sequence above) Junkers CLS.I

CS-	Zeppelin-Lindau CS.I

Aviation in World War I

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Campaigns and battles	Strategic bombing German Cuxhaven Bombing of cities Aerial reconnaissance Fokker Scourge Flight over Vienna Bloody April Battles

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