{"product_id":"9781472844972-arado-ar-196-units-in-combat","title":"Arado Ar 196 Units in Combat","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eA detailed study of the attractive Arado Ar 196, one of the last fighting seaplanes. It was the standard seagoing aircraft for the German Kriegsmarine during World War II, providing the Luftwaffe with reach into the southern oceans.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeating its biplane rivals in a 1936 Reich Air Ministry design competition, the Arado Ar 196 provided the Kriegsmarine with possibly the best shipborne reconnaissance seaplane of World War II.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReplacing the Heinkel He 60 biplane as the standard catapult-launched floatplane embarked on the Kriegsmarine’s capital ships, the Ar 196 flew an assortment of combat missions during World War II, including coastal patrol, submarine hunting, light bombing, general reconnaissance and convoy escort sorties. The first vessel to take its Ar 196A-1s to sea was the pocket battleship \u003ci\u003eGraf Spee\u003c\/i\u003e, which embarked two in the autumn of 1939. The battleships \u003ci\u003eBismarck\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTirpitz\u003c\/i\u003e could carry six Arados each, the battlecruisers \u003ci\u003eGneisenau\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eScharnhorst\u003c\/i\u003e four and smaller pocket battleships and cruisers two. Shore-based aircraft were also operated from coastal ports on the Channel, Baltic, North Sea and Bay of Biscay coasts, as well as in the Balkans and Mediterranean.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this book, supported by an excellent selection of photographs and full-colour illustrations, Peter de Jong explores the history of the Arado Ar 196, detailing their development and assessing the combat capabilities of one of the last fighting seaplanes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":34088328691809,"sku":"9781472844972","price":12.06,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28104648.jpg?v=1722325067","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781472844972-arado-ar-196-units-in-combat","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}