Messerschmitt Me323 Gigant | World War Photos

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: Me323 and vw kubelwagen 2

: Me323 D-2 I/Kampfgeschwader z.b.V 323, X1L Sicily 1943 3

: Me323 D-2 I/Kampfgeschwader z.b.V 323 X1L Sicily 1943 5

: Messerschmitt Me323 in winter 2

: Me 323 D-2 from I/Kampfgeschwader z.b.V 323, X1L Sicily 1943 2

: Me 323 D-2 of the I/Kampfgeschwader z.b.V 323, X1L Sicily 1943. Early version still had two-bladed wooden propellers

: Messerschmitt Me323 and gun

: Messerschmitt Me323 gigant and sdkfz 7 halftrack

: Me323 and vw kubelwagen photo

: Me323 and pak 40 gun

: Messerschmitt Me323 transport plane

: Me 323 Gigant and opel blitz truck

: Me323 Gigant on the snow-covered airfield

: Me323 D-2 I/Kampfgeschwader z.b.V 323, X1L Sicily 1943 4

: Me 323 Gigant transport aircraft

: Messerschmitt Me 323 D 2 Gigant

: Me323 and pak40

: Me323 winter

: Me323 and wehrmacht truck

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: Messerschmitt Me323

: Reichsgebiet Flugzeuge Ju 53 und Me 323 Gigant

: Russia Me 323 Gigant transport plane

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: me323 Italy Me 323 Gigant and Opel Maultier

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: me323 Fern Stuka 13

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: me323 552 0822 36 Tunesien Zugmachinen und Me 323 Gigant

: me323 558 1051 18 Tunesien Flugzeug Me 323 Gigant

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: Flugzeug Me 323 Gigant

: Reichsgebiet LKW Flugzeug Me 323 Gigant

: Tunesien Flugzeug Me 323 Entladen

: me323 667 7148 04A Russland Mitte Flugzeug Me 323 Gigant

: Me 323 under attack off Corsica 1943

: me323 German aircraft wrecks1 El Aouiana May 1943

: me323 in color

: Messerschmitt Me323

: Two wing turrets of Me 323 Gigant

: Me323D wreck Tunis May 1943

: Me323 Gigant Sicily

: Me 323, Focke-Wulf Fw58 “Weihe” and Fw190 in hangar

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: Me323D wreck Tunis May 1943

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: Glider Me321 6

: Messerschmitt Me323 Gigant RF+XM in flight

: Me323E-2/WT and Romanian Bf109G coded White 43a

: Messerschmitt Me323 in Russia

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: Me323 in Color

: Italy Flugzeug Me 323 Gigant Kanone

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: Messerschmitt Me323 on the ground airfield

: me323 552 0822 22 Tunesien Flugzeug Me 323 Gigant Innenraum

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: The cockpit interior of the Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant

: Grosseto Flugzeug Me 323 Motoren

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: me323 in color

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: messerschmitt me 323 gigant ii transport 01

: Messerschmitt Me323 Mucke

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: Messerschmitt Me323 – Gnome-Rhône 14N engines

: Messerschmitt Me321

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: Me 323 at a captured Soviet airfield

: Wounded soldier being unloaded from a Me323

: Wounded soldiers being unloaded from a Me323 transport plane

: Messerschmitt Me323 Gigant

: me323 800px Gigant italie 1943

: Tunesien Flugzeug Me 323 Gigant Innenraum

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: Me 323 is prepared for its next operation

: me323 take off

: me323 561 1142 21 Grosseto Flugzeug Me 323 Verwundetentransport

: me323 photo in color

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: Messerschmitt Gigant 323 side

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: Messerschmitt Me 323 in flight

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: Me 323 Gigant

: Me323D wreck Tunis May 1943

: Four-engined Messerschmitt Me 323C in flight

: Messerschmitt Me 323 engine maintenance

: Me323 warming-up its engines, Italy Pisa

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: Messerschmitt Me 323 and Bf109 from JG 53

: Me 323 at rest

: Messerschmitt Me323 on the ground

: Me 323 Honig

: Messerschmitt Me323 ground crew loads 15cm sFH18

Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant was a largest land-based German military transport aircraft of World War II. It was a powered variant of the Me321 glider.

Specifications:

variant	Me 323 V-1 (prototype of Me 323 C)	Me 323 D	Me 323 E-2	Me 323 E-2/WT (“gunship”)
crew	8	10	12	17
wingspan (m)	55,00	55,00	55,00	55,00
lenght (m)	28,15	28,15	28,15	28,15
height (m)	9,60	9,60	9,60	9,60
wing area (m²)	300,00	300,00	300,00	300,00
gross weight (kg)	25400	27330	29000	32000
normal take-off weight (kg)	34000	43000	48000	40000
max take-off weight (kg)	36000	45000	50000	42000
payload (kg)	6000 – 8000	10000 – 12000	9000 – 10000	–
capacity (troops)		130	120	–
engines	4 x Gnome-Rhône 14N-48/49, 1164 hp	6 x Gnome-Rhône 14N-48/49, 1164 hp	6 x Gnome-Rhône 14N-48/49, 1164 hp	6 x Gnome-Rhône 14N-48/49, 1164 hp
max speed (km/h)	220	280	252	255
cruising speed (km/h)	170	186 at 1500m	208 at 1500m	225 at 1500m
landing speed (km/h)	115	120	120	120
service ceiling (m)	2000	4500	4200	4500
range (km)	1100	750-1100	1100-1300	1000-1200
endurance	6h	4,5h	5,5h	5h
take off run (m)	900	850	800	800
landing run (m)	500	600	700	600
armament		4 x MG15	2 x MG151/20, 5 x MG131	11 x MG151/20, 4x MG131