BDF - PZL-37 Łoś - Achtung! Polnischen Bomber!
According to wikipedia:
The PZL-37 Łoś (
English:
Moose) was a
Polish twin-engine medium bomber, used in the defense of
Poland against the
German Invasion in
1939. The
PZL.37 was designed in the mid-1930s at the
PZL factory in
Warsaw by
Jerzy Dąbrowski.
Number built over
120.
PZL.37 were ordered by
Yugoslavia,
Bulgaria,
Romania,
Turk,
Greece,
Belgium,also
Denmark,
Estonia,
Finland and
Iran were negotiating. The
Polish military weren't allowed a deal with Iran due to "lack of production abilities".The outbreak of the war prevented the production of these aircraft. At that time, PZL developed the next variant for the Polish airforce, the
PZL.49 Miś, but this was not completed before the war.
Having slightly bigger dimensions, Miś ("
Bear") was to be fitted with
Bristol Hercules II engines of 1,350
BHP (1,370 cv, 1,
007 kW), maximum speed 520 km/h and an upper turret.
General characteristics:
Crew: 4
Length: 12.92 m (42 ft 5 in)
Wingspan: 17.93 m (58 ft 10 in)
Height:
5.1 m (16 ft 9 in)
Wing area: 53.5 m² (576 ft²)
Empty weight: 4,280 kg (9,436 lb)
Loaded weight: 8,865 kg with basic combat loading (19,526 lb)
Max. takeoff weight: 9,105 kg (20,
070 lb)
Powerplant: 2 ×
Bristol Pegasus XX radial engines, 723 kW (970 hp) each
Performance:
Maximum speed: 412 km/h at 2,
800 m with 1,995 kg bomb load (256 mph at 9200 ft with 4,397 lb bomb load)
Range: 2,600 km (1,
615 mi) with 1,760 kg bomb load and extra fuel tanks
Combat radius: 1,
000 km (620 mi)
Service ceiling: 7,000 m (23,000 ft)
Rate of climb: 4.7 m/s (925 ft/min)
Wing loading: 166 kg/m² (34 lb/ft²)
Armament: 3 x 7.92 mm machine guns: 1 in the nose, 1 in the rear upper station, 1 in underbelly station Up to 2,580 kg (5,690 lb) of bombs (18 x
110 kg + 2 x
300 kg).
Basic load 20 x 110 kg = 2,
200 kg (4850 lb).
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