Trumpeter Ar 195 1:700 (03463)

Arado Ar 195 was a German prototype bomber-torpedo and reconnaissance bomber from the interwar period. The machine first flew in 1938, but never entered mass production. The drive was provided by a single engine BMW 132M with 830 hp. The plane was 10.5 meters long with a wingspan of 12.5 meters. The deck armament consisted of two 7.92 mm machine guns. The machine could also take a load of bombs weighing up to 500 kg or a torpedo weighing up to 7,000 kg. The Ar 195 was developed by the Arado Flugzeugwerke GmbH aviation plant as a new torpedo and observation plane based on the aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin, which was being built at that time. The new design was clearly based on the Ar 95 aircraft already manufactured by Arado. The first one constructed did not meet the expectations when it comes to performance, and the next two prototypes did not change this picture. Ultimately, the Ar 195 lost the competition for the government order with the Fieseler Fi 167. In total, only three prototypes of this aircraft were built.