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==Variants== [[File:Focke-Wulf Fw 200A transport parked.jpg|thumb|A former Fw 200 A airliner used as a Luftwaffe transport.]] [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-482-2874-03A, Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor.jpg|thumb|right|The [[FuG 200 Hohentwiel|ASV radar-equipped]] Fw 200 C-4, showing the twin-wheel main gear used for all production Fw 200Cs and enlarged dorsal turret of the C-3/U1]] There were three variants of the aircraft: the Fw 200A, B, and C. The Model A was a purely civilian variant used by [[Deutsche Luft Hansa]], [[Det Danske Luftfartselskab|DDL]] in [[Denmark]], and ''[[Serviços Aéreos Cruzeiro do Sul|Syndicato Condor]]'' in [[Brazil]]. The Fw 200B and Fw 200C models were used as long-range bombers, reconnaissance, troop and transport aircraft. ;Fw 200 V1 :First prototype. Converted to a Fw 200 S-1 in 1938. ;Fw 200 V10 :Military prototype developed for Japan, but held in Germany due to the start of WWII. Served as the basis for the C-series. ;Fw 200 A-0 :Pre-production batch of fourth to ninth prototypes. ;Fw 200 B-1 :Transportation aircraft fitted with four BMW 132Dc engines; one built. ;Fw 200 B-2 :Transportation aircraft fitted with four BMW 132H engines; three built. ;Fw 200 C-0 :Pre-production batch of 10 aircraft, structural strengthening, the first four were manufactured as unarmed transports, the remaining six were fitted with armament. ;Fw 200 C-1 :First military production version, BMW 132H engines, fitted with full-length ''Bola'' ventral gondola which added a narrow [[bomb bay]] to the airframe, increased defensive armament, provisions for four 250 kg (550 lb) bombs. ;Fw 200 C-2 :Similar to C-1, but featured a recessed underside to the rear sheet metal of each of the two outboard engine nacelles which reduced drag, where a hardpoint for a 250 kg (550 lb) bomb or a 300 L (80 US gal) capacity, standard Luftwaffe drop tank was placed. ;Fw 200 C-3 :Structurally strengthened, fitted with Bramo 323 R-2 radial engines. ;Fw 200 C-3/''Umrüst-Bausatz'' 1(/U1) :Featured increased defensive armament, a 15 mm [[MG 151 cannon]] in an enlarged powered forward dorsal turret similar to those used for the [[Blohm & Voss BV 138|BV 138]]'s bow turret position, the 20 mm [[MG FF cannon|MG FF]] replaced by a [[MG 151 cannon#History (MG 151/20)|MG 151/20 cannon]]. ;Fw 200 C-3/U2 :Fitted with original, "hemispherical" dorsal turret, and had the 20 mm MG 151/20 at the front end of the ventral ''Bola'' gondola replaced with a 13 mm (0.5 in) [[MG 131 machine gun]], which allowed space for the installation of a [[Lotfernrohr 7|Lotfe 7]]D [[bombsight]]. ;Fw 200 C-3/U3 :Fitted with two additional 13 mm MG 131s. ;Fw 200 C-3/U4 ''Fernaufklarer'' :Had 7.92 mm (0.31 in) [[MG 15 machine gun]] replaced by 13 mm MG 131s and carried an extra gunner. ;Fw 200 C-4 :Similar to C-3, but carried FuG ''Rostock'' search radar, late production aircraft used [[FuG 200 Hohentwiel|FuG 200 ''Hohentwiel'']] low-UHF band ASV sea search radar. Front dorsal turret changed into a cylindrical one. ;Fw 200 C-4/U1 (Werk-Nr 137) :High-speed transport aircraft, only one example built with shortened ''Bola'' gondola without bomb bay. Used to transport Adolf Hitler, [[Heinrich Himmler]] and [[Karl Dönitz]].<ref name=Wings15>{{harvnb|Brown|1993|p=15}}</ref> Bore the ''Stammkennzeichen'' alphabetic code of ''GC + AE''. Captured by British and used as transport by them while based at [[Schleswig Air Base|Airfield B.164 Schleswig]], flown frequently by [[Eric Brown (pilot)|Eric Brown]] - later to [[Royal Aircraft Establishment|RAE Farnborough]] with [[Air Ministry|Air Min]] number ''94''<ref name="Wings on my Sleeve, p115" >Brown 2006, p. 115.</ref> ;Fw 200 C-4/U2 (Werk-Nr 138) :High-speed transport aircraft with similarly shortened ''Bola'' gondola (with no bomb bay) to earlier C-4/''Umrüst-Bausatz'' 1 version, with accommodation for 14 passengers, only one example built.<ref name=Wings15/> ;Fw 200 C-6 :Several aircraft were outfitted with an early version of the FuG 203 ''Kehl'' series missile control transmitter, to carry [[Henschel Hs 293]] missiles and re-designated C-6. ;Fw 200 C-8 :Fitted with [[C. Lorenz AG|Lorenz]] FuG 200 ''Hohentwiel'' low-UHF band ASV sea-search radar as with some C-4 examples; some examples equipped with [[Kehl-Strasbourg radio control link|FuG 203b ''Kehl'' III]] missile control transmitter and fitted with capability to deploy [[Henschel Hs 293]] MCLOS guidance, rocket-boosted anti-ship missiles from the pair of outer-engine nacelle hardpoints. ;Fw 200 S-1 :Special designation for Fw 200 V1 that was flown from Berlin to [[Tokyo]]. ;MK-200 :Two Fw 200C-4 re-engined with [[Shvetsov ASh-62|ASh-62IR]] engines, operated 1947 to 1950.<ref>Kotelnikov, V. ''Stalin's Captives'' article in ''Fly Past'' magazine, February 2017 p.105</ref>
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