Albatros C.IV

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Albatros C.IV
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Albatros C.IV
Role Reconnaissance aircraft
National originGermany
ManufacturerAlbatros
First flight1916
StatusPrototype only
Number built1
Developed from Albatros C.III

The Albatros C.IV, (Company post-war designation L.12). was a German military reconnaissance aircraft built in the autumn of 1915 by Albatros Flugzeugwerke. [1] It was a single-engined biplane, and was based on the Albatros C.III, with which it shared many parts. It was eventually abandoned, in favour of the C.V.

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Design and development

The C.IV shared the same fuselage, landing gear, and tail section with the C.III, but Albatros changed the design of the wings and cockpit; the pilot was located in the rear cockpit. [2] When it was tested in 1916, the expected results of the changes did not occur, and the project was abandoned in favour of a more promising prototype, which became the Albatros C.V. [3]

The C.IV was armed with a forward-firing LMG 08/15 machine gun, and a rear-firing, Parabellum MG14 machine gun.

Specifications

General characteristics

Performance

Armament

Notes

  1. Lamberton, William Melville (1962). Reconnaissance & bomber aircraft of the 1914-1918 war. Aero Publishers. p. 122.
  2. Peter Laurence Gray; Owen Gordon Thetford (1962). German aircraft of the First World War. Putnam. p. 254.
  3. "Albatros C.IV" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 22 December 2010. Retrieved December 28, 2010.

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