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The Blohm & Voss BV 237 was a German proposed dive bomber with an unusual asymmetric design based on the Blohm & Voss BV 141. ==Design and development== In 1942 the ''Luftwaffe'' was interested in replacing the venerable but ageing Junkers Ju 87, and Dr. Richard Vogt's design team at Blohm und Voss began work on project P 177. The dive bomber version would have had a one man crew with 2x fixed forward firing MG 151 cannon and 2x rear firing MG 131 machine guns, carrying of bombs. A two seat ground attack version was also proposed with 2x fixed forward firing MG 151 cannon, 3x forward firing MK 103 cannon with 6x bombs. A final B-1 type was to incorporate a Junkers Jumo 004B turbojet engine in a third nacelle slung underneath the wing, between the piston engine and the cockpit. In early 1943 a production order was issued for the P 177 now called the BV 237. In the summer, Allied bombing raids over Hamburg caused no damage to the Blohm and Voss facilities, but the Ministry of Aviation (Nazi Germany) ordered all developmental work stopped. Work continued later and it was determined that construction could begin in mid 1945, but plans for a pre-production A-0 series were abandoned, leaving the project at the pre-production stage near the end of 1944,〔 with only a wooden mock-up completed.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Blohm & Voss BV 237」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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