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3 unusual facts about DFS 230


DFS 230

2 x 7.92 mm MG 34 fixed forward firing machine guns attached to the forward fuselage sides.

:Braking parachute added, able to carry defensive armament (MG 34 machine gun)

Retrorocket

Rockets were fitted to the nose of some models of the DFS 230, a World War II, German Military glider.


Bücker Flugzeugbau

As well as these, the company built designs from several other manufacturers under licence, including the Focke-Wulf Fw 44, the DFS 230, and components for the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, Junkers Ju 87, and Henschel Hs 293.


see also

Military glider

On April 26, 1941 the troops from six DFS 230 gliders captured the bridge over the Corinth Canal accompanied by 40 plane-loads of German paratroopers.