RUMPLER C.IV (2IN1)

The Rumpler C.IV was a German reconnaissance biplane reconnaissance aircraft from the First World War. The prototype flight took place in 1917. The machine entered production in the same year. The drive was provided by a single Mercedes D.IVa engine with 260 HP. The length of the aircraft was 8.41 meters with a wingspan of 12.66 meters. The deck armament consisted of two 7.92 mm machine guns: the LMG 08/15 and the Parabellum MG14. The machine could also carry a load of bombs weighing up to 100 kilograms. The C.IV was developed by Rumpler Flugzeugwerke as an evolutionary development of the C.III. Compared to its predecessor, it differed in the use of a completely new power unit, as well as a different design and shape of the tail section. It is worth adding that the Rumpler 6B-2 seaplane, however, powered by a Mercedes D.III engine was also developed on the basis of this model. During the service, the Rumpler C.IV turned out to be a very successful machine with high performance for a machine of this class and relatively easy to pilot. He was exploitable primarily on the Western Front and in Italy. After 1918, he entered service in the Belgian and Yugoslav aviation.