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The Messerschmitt Me 262, nicknamed Schwalbe (German: "Swallow") in fighter versions, or Sturmvogel (German: "Storm Bird") in fighter-bomber versions, is a fighter aircraft and fighter-bomber that was designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Messerschmitt.
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The Messerschmitt Me 262 was the world's first operational jet fighter aircraft. The fighter variants were called Schwalbe (swallow), the fighter bomber variant Sturmvogel (petrel).
Thirteen pre-production aircraft had been built by April 1944 and the Me 262 went into production in May 1944. Initial production began as the Me 262A-1a which carried an armament of four nose-mounted 30 mm. Mk. 108 cannons and was powered by Jumo 004 B-1, B-2 or B-3 engines.
The armament comprised of four Mk 108A 30mm cannons in the nose, while the Me 262A-1b version carried an additional 24 R4M 55mm unguided rockets under its wings. Although the Me 262 handled well at high speeds, it was sluggish and awkward at low speeds.
16 Μαΐ 2017 · Messerschmitt also developed a reconnaissance version of the Me 262, starting with the Me 262A-1a/U3. This model could be distinguished by its bulge over the gun bay area which held two RB20/30 cameras.
The Me 262 was so fast that German pilots needed new tactics to attack Allied bombers. In the head-on attack, the combined closing speed of about 320 m/s (720 mph) was too high for accurate shooting, with ordnance that could only fire about 44 shells a second (650 rounds/min from each cannon) in total from the quartet of them.
