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Dfs 230 | bgcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3" align="center" style="border-bottom:3px solid"|DFS 230A-1 | | olspan="3" align="center"|300px | | gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Description | | ole | colspan="2"|Troop glider | | rew | colspan="2"| | | irst Flight | colspan="2"| | | ntered Service | colspan="2"| | | anufacturer | colspan="2"|DFS | | gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Dimensions | | ength | 11.3 m | 37 ft 0 in | | ingspan | 21.1 m | 69 ft 1 in | | eight | 2.8 m | 9 ft 4 in | | ing Area | 38.1 m² | 410 ft² | | gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Weights | | mpty | 770 kg | 1,700 lb | | oaded | 2,040 kg | 4,500 lb | | aximum takeoff | kg | lb | | apacity | colspan="2"|10 equipped troops | | gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Powerplant | | ypical Tow | colspan="2"|Junkers Ju 52/3mz | | gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Performance | | aximum speed | 161km/h @ 300m | 100mph @ 1,000ft | | ombat range | km | miles | | erry range | km | miles | | ervice ceiling | m | ft | | ree glide sink rate | 70 m/min | 240 ft/min | | ing loading | 53.5 kg/m² | 11 lb/ft² | The DFS 230 was a WW2 Luftwaffe transport glider. Produced by Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fr Segelflug (DFS - German Institute for Sailplane Flight) with Hans Jacobs as the head designer. The glider was the German equivalent of the British Horsa glider and was intended for paratrooper assault operations. The glider could carry around a ton of soldiers and equipment.
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