fw190 Cockpit Armour?

[von hahn]

Hi all!



A quick question-I was wondering, did the FW190A come standard with rear cockpit armour (ie the armour to the rear left and right of the pilot), or was this only a feature on Sturmbock 190s? Would a standard 190A-6 or A-8 have had this armour?

Thanks!
vh

[Wurger]

Here is the standard armour set for Fw190A.

5. the windshield 50mm armoured glass.
8. a back of pilot seat - armoured plate 8mm
9. armoured plate behind a pilot's back - 5mm
10 two armoured plates mounted to the cross-section no.5 - 5mm
11 armoured plate behind a pilot's head - 12mm ( 20mm for A-8/R8 )

In addition.... A-8/R7 and A-8/R8 had mounted the armoured basis of the windshield -15mm, two triangular armoured plates of 4mm on both sides of the windshield basis, the horizontal panel in front of the basis - 4mm.Two 30mm armoured glasses of the windshield sides.
For sturmbocks there were added two armoured plates outside of the cockpit - 5mm and 30mm armoured glasses on the slided cockpit conopy.