Halberstadt C.V

C.V
Role	Reconnaissance
Manufacturer	Halberstädter Flugzeugwerke
Introduction	1918
Primary user	Luftstreitkräfte
Developed from	Halberstadt C.III

The Halberstadt C.V was a German single-engined reconnaissance biplane of World War I, built by Halberstädter Flugzeugwerke.

Derived from the Halberstadt C.III, with a more powerful supercharged 160 kW (220 hp) Benz Bz.IV engine, it saw service only in the final months of the war. Cameras were mounted in the observer's cockpit floor.

Operators

Estonia

• Estonian Air Force

German Empire

• Luftstreitkrafte

Switzerland

• Swiss Air Force

Survivors

A single C.V (S/No. 3471/18) survives at the Musée Royal de l'Armée et d'Histoire Militaire in Brussels, Belgium.

Specifications (C.V)

Data from German Aircraft of the First World War

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 6.92 m (22 ft 8 in)
• Wingspan: 13.62 m (44 ft 8 in)
• Height: 3.36 m (11 ft 0 in)
• Wing area: 43 m² (460 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 930 kg (2,050 lb)
• Gross weight: 1,635 kg (3,605 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Benz Bz.IV 6-cyl. water-cooled in-line piston engine, 160 kW (220 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 170 km/h (110 mph, 92 kn)
• Endurance: 3½ hours
• Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,000 ft)
• Rate of climb: 10.42 m/s (2,051 ft/min)
• Time to altitude:
  
  • 2,000 m (6,562 ft) in 3 minutes 12 seconds
  • 5,000 m (16,404 ft) in 23 minutes

Armament

• Guns:
  
• 1x 7.92 mm (0.312 in) LMG 08/15 Spandau machine gun mounted in the forward fuselage port side
• 1x 7.92 mm (0.312 in) Parabellum machine gun on a flexible mounting in the rear cockpit

See also

Related lists

• List of military aircraft of Germany

External links

• Virtual Aircraft Museum
• 1914-18 Connections by Mike Lewis.Restoration of the only remaining Halberstadt CV at the Brussels Air Museum
• Photos by Knut Erik Hagen (Feb 2003)