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. It was used by both the ''

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Development and design

The Hansa-Brandenburg CC (where the designation CC came from the initials of the financier of the Hansa Brandenburg works,

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) was designed by

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during 1916 for use by the Austro-Hungarian Navy. It was a single engined, single seater

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and the KDW. The CC was purchased both by Austro-Hungary and the Imperial German Navy. The Austro-Hungarian aircraft were powered by 119 kW (160 hp)

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or 130 kW (180 hp) Hiero engines and armed by a single 8 mm (.315 in) Schwarzlose

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. The German aircraft were powered by 110 kW (150 hp)

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engines and armed with one or two

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machine guns.Green and Swanborough 1994, p.83. One example was modified as a triplane, while a second aircraft was modified with sponsons replacing the outrigger floats in support of the development process for the

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Triplane variant

The triplane configuration was created from the standard model by inserting a third, short-span wing between the upper and lower planes of, at the point where the star struts crossed. Delivered to Austro-Hungary in the Spring of 1917, the sole example was written off that autumn following a landing accident.

Operational history

Austro-Hungary received 37 Hansa Brandenburg CCs, using them to provide air defence for ports and naval bases along the

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coast.Hansa Brandenburg CC
''Fiddlersgreen.net''. Retrieved 1 March 2008. Germany received 36 aircraft from February 1917. They were temporarily grounded in July of that year because of severe vibration, being modified with additional interplane bracing struts.

Operators

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Specifications (CC Kaiserliche Marine)

References

Bibliography

* *Green, William and Swanborough, Gordon. ''The Complete Book of Fighters''. New York: Smithmark, 1994. . * * *

External links

Hansa Brandenburg (history, photos, three-view and paper model)

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