The Halberstadt CL.IV was a highly manoeuvrable German WW1 ground attack aircraft designed by Karl Thies for Halberstädter Flugzeugwerke, it was used extensively by the Luftstreitkräfte in the last year of the war against allied ground targets and returning bombers. It is believed that approximately 700 aircraft were ordered, unfortunately exact production figures no longer exist. Halberstadt CL.IV Specifications: - Crew: Pilot and observer
- Length: 6.54 m (21 ft 5.5 in)
- Wingspan: 10.74 m (35 ft 2.75 in)
- Height: 2.67 m (8 ft 9 in)
- Wing area: 28.96 m² (311.7 ft²)
- Empty weight: 728 kg (1,605 lb)
- Loaded weight: 1,068 kg (2,354 lb)
- Engine: Single 120 kW (160 hp) Mercedes D.III straight 6 engine
- Maximum speed: 186 km/h (104 mph)
Armament: - Single 7.92 mm Spandau LMG 08/15 machine gun, synchronized to fire through the propeller arc
- Single 7.92 mm Parabellum LMG 14 machine gun, ring mounted on the observer's cockpit
- Grenades dropped by hand from cockpit
- Maximum of five 10 kg bombs
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