Origin: Messerschmitt AG
Type: two-seat tactical aircraft for fighter, attack and reconnaissance duties with specialized variants
Engine: (Me 210, usual for production versions) two 1,359hp Daimler-Benz DB 601F inverted-vee-12 liquid-cooled, (Me 410A series, usual for production versions) two 1,750hp DB 603A of same layout, (Me 410B series) two 1,900hp DB 603G
Armament: varied, but basic aircraft invariably was armed with two remotely-controlled powered barbettes on sides of fuselage each housing one 13mm MG 131 and, if bomber version, provided with internal weapon bay housing two 500kg bombs, external racks on nearly all (210 and 410) for two 500kg stores (exceptionally, 1,000kg). Normal fixed forward-firing armament of two 20mm MG 151/20 and two 7.92mm MG 17. Me 410 versions had many kinds of bomber-destroyer armament
Speed: maximum speed (both, unloaded) 620km/h
Climb: initial climb (both) 650m/minute
Ceiling: service ceiling (210A-1) 7,000m, (410A-1) 10,000m
Range: with full bomb load (210A-1) 2,400km, (410A-1) 2,330km
Weight: empty (210A) about 5,440kg, (410A-1) 6,150kg; maximum loaded (210A-1) 8,100kg, (410A-1) 10,650kg
Wingspan: (210) 16.34m, later 16.4m; (410) 16.35m
Length: (without 50mm gun, radar or other long fitment) (210) 12.22m, (410) 12.45m
Height: (both) 4.3m
Crew: two
History: first flight (Me 210V-1) 2 September 1939, (pre-production 210A-0) April 1941, final delivery (210) April 1942, first flight (310) 11 September 1943, (410V-1) probably December 1942
Users: Germany (Luftwaffe)

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