Arado Ar.76

The Arado Ar.76 was a German airplane of the 1930s which was designed as a light fighter with a secondary advanced trainer in mind. It was the Arado's response to the RLM requirement for a light/emergency fighter programme.

In 1935 it competed against the Heinkel He. 74, Focke-Wulf Fw.56, Henschel Hs.121 and Henschel Hs.125. The contract was won by the Focke-Wulf Fw.56, however as the Arado's airplane stood at the second position, the RLM ordered some Ar.76s.

It was a parasol-wing monoplane with a fixed tailwheel undercarriage with a fixed steel tube fabric covered fuselage with wooden, fabric covered wings.

It was powered by a 240hp eight-cylinder inverted vee air-cooled Argus As10C engine and was armed with the usual pair of 7,92mm MG17 machine guns. Later, as the RLM changed the specifications, the trainer versions were armed with only one machine gun, and it was slightly modified in order to add some racks to carry three 10kg bombs.

It was used in the fighter pilots school from 1936 until, at least 1942.

Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arado_Ar_76
2. http://histaviation.com/ar_76.html
3. William Green - Warplanes of the Third Reich