It was designed and developed during 1937 and intended to serve on the Graf Zeppelin aircraft carrier, which in that year was still under construction. It was directly based on the Arado Ar.95L.
It was a single-strut braced biplane with foldable wings, arrestor hook and catapult equipment.
In order to get good cockpit visibility during carrier landings, the cockpit was pushed forward as much as possible. It was powered by a single BMW 132 K radial engine which yielded 830 hp of power for take off.
It was armed with one fixed forward-firing 7.9 mm (0.311 in) MG 17 machine gun, located at starboard side of the engine, plus another 7.9 mm (0.311 in) MG 15 machine gun mounted at the back of the cockpit in a defensive position. It had a crew of two, a pilot and a radio-operator/rear-gunner.
Its main armament, however, was the 700 kg (1.543 lb) torpedo placed under the fuselage plus the bomb load which, could be partially placed underwings.
Although three prototypes were completed in 1937 at Arado's factory in Warnemünde, close to the city of Rostock, the Fieseler Fi.167 proved to be superior and the Ar.195 was considered outdated so the project was discarded.
Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arado_Ar_195
2. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arado_Ar_195 (translated)
3. https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=534
4. https://www.valka.cz/Arado-Ar-195-t57834
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