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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:
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- Me323 and vw kubelwagen 2
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- Me323 D-2 I/Kampfgeschwader z.b.V 323, X1L Sicily 1943 3
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- Me323 D-2 I/Kampfgeschwader z.b.V 323 X1L Sicily 1943 5
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- Messerschmitt Me323 in winter 2
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- Me 323 D-2 from I/Kampfgeschwader z.b.V 323, X1L Sicily 1943 2
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- Me 323 D-2 of the I/Kampfgeschwader z.b.V 323, X1L Sicily 1943. Early version still had two-bladed wooden propellers
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- Messerschmitt Me323 and gun
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- Messerschmitt Me323 gigant and sdkfz 7 halftrack
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- Me323 and vw kubelwagen photo
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- Me323 and pak 40 gun
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- Messerschmitt Me323 transport plane
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- Me 323 Gigant and opel blitz truck
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- Me323 Gigant on the snow-covered airfield
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- Me323 D-2 I/Kampfgeschwader z.b.V 323, X1L Sicily 1943 4
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- Me 323 Gigant transport aircraft
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- Messerschmitt Me 323 D 2 Gigant
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- Me323 and pak40
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- Me323 winter
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- Me323 and wehrmacht truck
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- Me 323 in flight 8
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- Messerschmitt Me323
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- Ju 52 and Me 323
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- Russia Me 323 Gigant transport plane
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- Wounded soldier being unloaded from the Me 323
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- Me323 gigant
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- Me 323 and Opel Maultier Italy
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- Me323 Gigant front
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- Me 323
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- Damaged Me323
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- Sdkfz 8 towing a Me 323
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- Me 323 Gigant of the 1/TG 5
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- Me 110 and Me 323
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- Me 323 Gigant, 1944
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- Faun ZR 567 towing a Me 323
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- Renault UE being unloaded from a Me 323
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- Me 323 of the TG 5 Eastern Front
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- Me 323 under attack off Corsica 1943
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- German aircraft wrecks at El Aouina May 1943
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- Me 323 D-1 W.Nr. 1220 DT+IT of the II/TG 5
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- Messerschmitt Me323
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- Two wing turrets of Me 323 Gigant
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- Me 323D wreck Tunis May 1943
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- Me323 Gigant Sicily
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- Me 323, Focke-Wulf Fw58 “Weihe” and Fw190 in hangar
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- Unloading truck from a Gigant
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- Me323D wreck
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- Me 323E-2
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- Glider Me321 of the GS-Kommando 2, Crimea 1943
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- Me323 Gigant RF+XM in flight
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- Me323E-2/WT and Romanian Bf109G coded White 43a
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- Me 323 in Russia
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- Wing gun positions
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- Opel Blitz
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- Flak 88 being loaded into the cargo bay hold of a Gigant
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- Me 323 of II/TG 5 30 July 1943
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- Me323 in color
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- Italy Flugzeug Me 323 Gigant Kanone
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- Me 323 in flight color photo 7
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- Messerschmitt Me323 on the ground airfield
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- Cargo compartment
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- front cargo bay doors open for loading
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- German soldiers stand before boarding
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- The cockpit interior of the Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant
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- Me323 at Grosseto
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- Luftwaffe fuel truck with trailer
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- Me 323 in color
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- Opel Blitz Kfz 385 Fuel Truck next to Me 323
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- Loading of a halftrack and 15 cm aFH 18 onto a Me323
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- Me323 code C8+FN Mucke, 1942/1943
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- Right side view
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- Messerschmitt Me323 – Gnome-Rhône 14N engines
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- Messerschmitt Me321
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- Messerschmitt Me323
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- Me 323 at a captured Soviet airfield
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- Wounded soldier being unloaded from a Me323
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- Wounded soldiers being unloaded from a Me323 transport plane
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- Me323 Gigant Romania
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- me323 800px Gigant italie 1943
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- Tunesien Flugzeug Me 323 Gigant Innenraum
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- Remains of a Me323
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- Me 323 is prepared for its next operation
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- Me 321 take off
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- me323 561 1142 21 Grosseto Flugzeug Me 323 Verwundetentransport
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- me323 photo in color
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- me323
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- me323
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- Messerschmitt Gigant 323 side
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- Me323
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- Messerschmitt Me 323 in flight
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- Me 323 unloading a Marder II
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- Messerschmitt Me323
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- me323 3
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- Messerschmitt Me323
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- me323 4
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- Me 323 Gigant
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- Me323D wreck Tunis May 1943
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- Four-engined Messerschmitt Me 323C in flight
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- Messerschmitt Me 323 engine maintenance
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- Me323 warming-up its engines, Italy Pisa
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- Me 323 of the Feldwerft vb (MOT) 10
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- Messerschmitt Me 323 and Bf109 from JG 53
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- Me 323 at rest
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- Messerschmitt Me323 on the ground
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- Me 323 Honig
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- 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 |
– |
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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 |