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The Heinkel He 219 Uhu was a German two-seat night-fighter of the Second World War foolishly abandoned in favour of the Junkers Ju 388J and Focke-Wulf Ta 154. The Heinkel He 219 was powered by two 1900 hp Daimler-Benz DB 603G 12-cylinder inverted-Vee piston engines which provided a top speed of 670 kmh and a range of 2000 km. Armaments consisted of four 30 mm MK 108 cannon, two 20 mm MG 151/20 cannon and two 30 mm MK 103 cannon.
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The Focke-Wulf Ta 154 was a German high-speed bad weather and night fighter of the Second World War first prototyped in 1943. The Focke-Wulf Ta 154 was a single or two-seater shoulder-wing cantilever monoplane of mainly wooden construction powered by two Jumo 211 N or two Jumo 211 R 12-cylinder inverted Vee liquid cooled engines providing a top speed of 611 or 630 kmh respectively and a range of 7020 km with drop-tanks. The Focke-Wulf Ta 154 was armed with two forward firing 30 mm MK 108 and two forward firing 20 mm MG 151 cannons in the fuselage sides or alternatively four 30 mm MK 108 or four 20 mm MG 151 cannons. In addition two 30 mm MG 108 fixed forward firing machine-guns were mounted in the fuselage of the night fighter variant.
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