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Variants
Ju 52/3m ge Initial Ju 52
was a single-engine aircraft, 2 additional engines, both mounted on the
wing resulted in designation of '/3m', The seventh Ju 52 airframe was used
for first 3-engine prototype, powered by three Pratt & Whitney Hornet
radials, rated at 550 hp each, defensive armament consisted of 2 ×
7.92 mm MG 15 trainable rearward-firing guns in an open dorsal position,
1 × 7.92 mm MG 15 trainable rearward-firing gun in a semi-enclosed,
semi-retractable ventral 'dustbin' position.
Ju 52/3m ce Version for A.B.
Aerotransport of Sweden, Aero O/Y of Finland, and Deutsche Lufthansa. It
had cowled engines and spatted mainwheels.
Ju 52/3m de Version for Lloyd
Aero Boliviano with uncowled engines and unspatted wheel
Ju 52/3m fe Unknown features
and customers
Ju 52/3m g3e Improved version
of Ju 52/3m ge, more modern radio equipment, upgraded bomb-release
mechanisms, and powered by 3 × BMW 132A-3 radials.
Ju 52/3m g4e Mostly used by
Condor Legion in Spain, number of internal improvements, and a tailwheel
in stead of a tail skid. Convoy Escorts version were fitted with the ventral
'Dustbin' again, 2 more 0.312 inch (7,92 mm) guns in the beam positions,
and a 20 mm trainable cannon in the nose.
Ju 52/3m g4e (ms) Converted
for Mine-sweeping duties. fitted with a large Dural hoop braced beneath
the wing and fuselage.
Ju 52/3m g5e Improvement upon
the Ju 52/3m g4e. more comprehensive radio equipment, a de-icing system
that used the exhaust, provision for an interchangeable wheel ski or float
landing gear, provision for 2 × 7.92 mm trainable lateral-firing
guns in the beam positions, and an uprated powerplant: 3 × BMW 132T-2
radials
Ju 52/3m g5e (ms) Mine-sweeping
conversion,
Ju 52/3m g5e Ju 52/3m g5e
with floats in stead of a landing gear.
Ju 52/3m g6e Almost identical
to Ju 52/3m g5e, but purely land based aircraft, simpler radio equipment.
Ju 52/3m g6e (ms) Converted
for Mine-sweeping duties.
Ju 52/3m g7e Based on Ju 52/3m
g5e, included an autopilot, a larger starboard-side loading hatch, and
a rearward extension of the upper part of the central engine, some aircraft
included open position created in the cockpit's overhead glazing, to accomodate
1 × 0.312 inch (7,92 mm) MG 15 trainable rearward-firing gun.
Ju 52/3m g7e (ms) Converted
for Mine-sweeping duties.
Ju 52/3m g8e Based on Ju 52/3m
g7e, had an additional loading hatch in the cabin roof, in later aircraft
7.92 mm gun in the dorsal position was changed to 1 × 13 mm MG 131
gun for better defensive armament
Ju 52/3m g8e (ms) Converted
for Mine-sweeping duties.
The Junkers Ju 52/3m g8e had a number of Standardbausätze,
which all added another letter to the designation:
F: Fallschirmjäger- und Luftlandetransporter
(paratrooper and airlanding transport)
H: Hörsaalflugzeug (classroom aircraft,
or trainer)
K: Kistentransporter (crate transporter)
N: Nachshubtransporter (supply transport)
R: Reiseflugzeug (courier aircraft)
S: Sanitätsflugzeug (ambulance aircraft)
St: Staffeltrupp transporter (squadron detachment
transport)
Ju 52/3m g9e This version
replaced Ju 52/3m g8e in 1942, powered by 3 × BMW 132Z radials, had
a glider-towing coupling, and a strenghtened landing gear
Ju 52/3m g10e Based on Ju
52/3m g9e, but fitted with alternatively skis or floats.
Ju 52/3m g11e No information
Ju 52/3m g12e Equal to Ju
52/3m g9e, but fitted with 3 × BMW 132L radials
Ju 52/3m g13e No further information
Ju 52/3m g14e Final production
version, featured armor protection for pilot, and had a standard defensive
armament of
1 × 13 mm MG 131 in rear dorsal, and 3
× 7.92 mm MG 15 each in beam positions, and 1 in a low-drag copula
over the cockpit.
AAC.1 Toucan Postwar version
of the Ju 52/3m, built by a French company (400 built)
CASA 352 Postwar version of
the Ju 52/3m, built by a Spanish company (170 built)
Total Production: 5,415 built
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