Blohm & Voss P.194

P.194
Model photo of a Blohm & Voss BV P.194.02
Role	Tactical bomber
National origin	Germany
Manufacturer	Blohm & Voss
Designer	Richard Vogt
Status	Unrealised project

The Blohm & Voss P.194 was a design for a mixed-power ground-attack aircraft and tactical bomber developed in Germany during World War II.^[1] Like some of Richard Vogt's other designs for Blohm & Voss, the P.194 featured an asymmetric layout.

Along with the P.192, P.193, and P.196, the P.194 was one of four designs Blohm & Voss submitted in response to a requirement issued by the RLM in February 1944 for a replacement for the venerable Junkers Ju 87.^[2] The basic design of the aircraft echoed that of the BV 141: the crew and weapons carried in a nacelle separate from the main fuselage structure that carried a propeller-driven engine at one end and the empennage at the other, joined together by a common wing. In the P.194, however, a turbojet was to be added at the rear of the cockpit pod and the design intended that the thrust from this engine would help balance the thrust from the propeller. A powerful cluster of guns was to be located in the nose, and a bombload of up to 500 kg (1,100 lb) was to be carried in an internal bomb bay in the fuselage.^[1][3]

All four Blohm & Voss designs were rejected by the RLM, which instead selected the Messerschmitt Me 262 to fill the tactical bomber role.^[2]

Design stages

P.194.00-101

version with 16 m (52 ft) wingspan and jet intake under cockpit pod

P.194.01-02

version with 15.3 m (50.2 ft) wingspan, bubble canopy and jet intake under cockpit pod

P.194.02-01

as above, but with turbojet located beneath cockpit

P.194.03-01

as P.194.01-02, but with jet intakes located in the wing roots at the sides of the cockpit pod.

Specifications (194-01, as designed)

Data from ^[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 12.1 m (39 ft 8 in)
• Wingspan: 15.3 m (50 ft 2 in)
• Height: 3.7 m (12 ft 2 in)
• Wing area: 36.4 m² (392 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 6,500 kg (14,330 lb)
• Gross weight: 9,350 kg (20,613 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × BMW 801D 14-cyl. air-cooled radial piston engine, 1,200 kW (1,600 hp)
• Powerplant: 1 × Junkers Jumo 109-004 axial flow turbojet engine, 8.7 kN (2,000 lbf) thrust

Performance

• Maximum speed: 775 km/h (482 mph; 418 kn)
• Range: 1,070 km (665 mi; 578 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 11,100 m (36,417 ft)

Armament

• Guns: 2 × fixed, forward-firing 30 mm (1.181 in) MK 103 cannon

• 2 × fixed, forward-firing 20 mm (0.787 in) MG 151/20 cannon
• Bombs: 500 kg (1,100 lb) of bombs in an internal bomb-bay

Notes

1. Nowarra, Heinz J. (1993). Die Deutsche Luftruestung 1933-1945 Vol.3 - Flugzeugtypen Henschel-Messerschmitt. Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe Verlag. ISBN 3-7637-5467-9.
2. Myhra 1998, 67
3. Myhra 1998, 68

References

• Myhra, David (1998). Secret Aircraft Designs of the Third Reich. Atglen: Schiffer.
• Nowarra, Heinz (1983). Die deutsche Luftrüstung 1933-1945. Bonn: Bernard and Graefe.