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The Defence Ministry has revealed the particulars of the Henschel Hs129, which is entering production for the Luftwaffe and for export to Argentina.



Low wing cantilever monoplane

Two Brandenburgische Motorenwerke Fafnir 323A-1 nine cylinder radial air-cooled engines rated at 850 hp for takeoff and 830hp at 4,000 metres. Self-sealing fuel tanks in wings and fuselage; the two wing tanks having a capacity of 205 litres and the fuselage tank 200 litres. Lower halves of the engines protected by 5mm armour plate.

Internal armament comprises two 7.92mm MG17 with 500 rounds of ammunition per gun and two 20mm MG151 with 125 rounds per gun located in the nose of the aircraft.

Attachment points beneath the fuselage and wing for a variety of ordnance including: one 250 kg SC250 bomb beneath the fuselage and two 50 kg SC50 or forty-eight 2 kg SD2 bombs beneath the wing or four 50 kg SC 50 and ninety-six 2 kg SD2 bomblets beneath the fuselage and wings.

Span 13.50 metres, length 10.10 metres, wing area 28.30 square metres. Weight empty 3,980 kg, weight loaded 5,000 kg.

Maximum speed 408 kph at 3,000 metres. Climb to 3,000 metres 7 minutes. Service ceiling 9,000 metres. Range 560 kilometres.

Argentina rubs its hands with glee.
Those RSAA tanks will never roll over our glorious nation's Pampas with impunity again!

Argentina requests 2,000 SD-2 bomblets with its aircraft order.

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Originally posted by Hood
Argentina rubs its hands with glee.
Those RSAA tanks will never roll over our glorious nation's Pampas with impunity again!

Argentina requests 2,000 SD-2 bomblets with its aircraft order.

Only 2,000? That's only twenty per aircraft ordered.

Or, alternatively, do you wish to open negotiations for local production? The SD2 can be used on other aircraft as well

A production licence sounds good.
2,000 from Germany for starters.

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Originally posted by Hood
Argentina rubs its hands with glee.
Those RSAA tanks will never roll over our glorious nation's Pampas with impunity again! ;)

Well, only if you can protect your tank-killers from being shot down by RSAF fighters or mobile flak. ;o)