Blohm & Voss BV P.193

A craft designed and tested, but not put into production due to the limits of the Versailles treaty. Blohm & Voss is currently seeking an american partner to manufacture and field test the design, but no such partnership yet exists. As is normal with german aircraft, the Blohm & Voss BV P.193 has no official name, only an identifier. As the craft has not yet seen extensive use, it has not yet acquired a nickname.

A ground attack, zeppelin attack and dive bomber, never intended for combat against aircraft. Fast for it's weight class, but with a turning radius that makes well-planned swooping attacks a must, the P.193 needs fighter escort if opposition is expected.

The Jumo 213A engine drives a pusher propeller via a long shaft. A single fin and rudder is mounted beneath the fuselage to afford the rear propeller with protection during take off and to facilitate zeppelin landings. The wing had a straight leading edge and tapered trailing edge, giving the aircraft a very distinctive profile. The long front fuselage and bubble canopy provides the single pilot with an excellent view. Unlike most aircraft of this size, the Blohm & Voss BV P.193 has only a single pilot and no radio operator or gunner, this is possible due to the tiny but well-designed cockpit.

Armament includes twin 70 caliber cannon mounted in the wings for ground attack and twin 30 caliber machine-guns in the nose for defense against aircraft. It was thought wasteful to put more antiaircraft armaments into a plane with this maneuverability; it's main defense is that it is very tough, quite fast, and hopefully escorted.

Special Rules: 1000 kg (2200 lb.) of bombs can be carried. This means that each pylon has twice the normal capacity, and can carry up to 250 lb. of bombs or two hardpoints worth of rockets. You can still only mount two rockets on each hardpoint.

Variants:
In America, where this craft would be used for zeppelin attacks, the thousand pounds of extra rockets could be replaced with extra armaments, most obviously four 40 caliber machine-guns.

	Base Complexity		15
	Improved Cockpit Visibility		+1
	Accurate Bomber		+1
	Ground Agile		+1
	Improved Range		+1
	High Flight Ceiling		+1
	Heavy Stick		-1
	Expensive		-2
	Total		17
	Cost	$14.000

Included here is l as a list of the relevant Special Characteristics of the plane, a design complexity, and a price calculated from these values.

Note: While Luft '46 is a historical site, this description is entirely fictional. Facts from Luft '46 have been altered and new ideas added to fit this design into the Crimson Skies pulp universe. For historical information, check out the source at Luft '46.