Messerschmitt P.1100

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Messerschmitt P.1100
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Type: destroyer
Design country:

German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire

Manufacturer:

Messerschmitt GmbH

First flight:

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The Messerschmitt P.1100 was a concept based on the Messerschmitt Me 262 for a jet-powered all-weather destroyer with a pressurized cabin from Messerschmitt GmbH which was designed in early 1943.

description

Messerschmitt designed two different versions of the P.1100. While the first was designed as an all-weather fighter and should have a rigid forward-facing weapon system (4 × 3 cm MK 108), the second variant was planned as a destroyer. This also had rear-facing weapons systems. The weapon system of the P.1100 should be able to be increased even further with different kits . Among other things, the installation of a MK 114 for 5 cm mine grenades was planned. In a first study, the jet engine of the type Jumo 004 C manufactured by Junkers was to be used. However, Messerschmitt planned to replace this with the more powerful Heinkel-Hirth HeS 011 . The fuselage of the machine was to be created in a shell construction. Five bulletproof fuel tanks were to be accommodated in the middle, which together gave a capacity of 3000 l.

Technical specifications

  • Span: 12.61 m
  • Length: 12.00 m
  • Height: 4.40 m
  • Track width: 3.20 m
  • Takeoff weight: 10,262 kg
  • Engines: 2 Jumo 004 C with 1200 kg / thrust each
  • Crew: 2

literature

  • Dieter Herwig, Heinz Rode: Secret Projects of the Air Force , Volume III Attack Aircraft and Combat Destroyers 1939–1945, Motorbuch-Verlag 2002, ISBN 3-613-02242-7 , p. 60.
  • Heinz J. Nowarra : The German Air Armament 1933-1945 . Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Koblenz 1993, ISBN 3-7637-5464-4 .
  • Jean-Denis GG Lepage: Aircraft of the Luftwaffe, 1935–1945: an illustrated guide (page 290), Publisher: McFarland 2009, ISBN 0-7864-3937-8
  • Ingolf Meyer: Luftwaffe Advanced Aircraft Projects to 1945: Volume 2: Fighters & Ground-Attack Aircraft Lippisch to Zeppelin, Publisher: Midland Publishing 2006, ISBN 1-85780-242-X
  • Walter Schick: LUFTWAFFE SECRET PROJECTS: FIGHTERS 1939–1945 Vol. 1, Publisher: Ian Allan Publishing 2010, ISBN 1-85780-052-4
  • David Myhra: Secret Aircraft Designs of the Third Reich, Publisher: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. 1998, ISBN 0-7643-0564-6
  • Manfred Griehl: Jet Planes of the Third Reich: The Secret Projects, Vol. 2, Publisher: Monogram Aviation Publications 2005, ISBN 0-914144-37-5