page_title: Junkers Ju 52
section_title: Military variants
hierarchical_section_title: Junkers Ju 52 / Variants / Military variants
caption_attribution_description: Junkers Ju 52
context_page_description: The Junkers Ju 52/3m is a transport aircraft that was designed and manufactured by German aviation company Junkers.
  Development of the Ju 52 commenced during 1930, headed by German aeronautical engineer Ernst Zindel. The aircraft's design incorporated a corrugated duralumin metal skin as a strengthening measure, which was very unusual at the time. The Ju 52's maiden flight was performed on 13 October 1930. It was initially designed with a single engine, however, it was produced in quantity as a trimotor. The primary early production model, the Ju 52/3m, was principally operated as a 17-seat airliner or utility transport aircraft by various civil operators during the 1930s. Following the rise of Nazi Germany, thousands of Ju 52s were procured as a staple military transport of the nation. The Ju 52/3mg7e was the principal production model.
  The Ju 52 was in production between 1931 and 1952. In a civilian role, it flew with over 12 airlines, including Swissair and Deutsche Luft Hansa, as both a passenger carrier and a freight hauler.
context_section_description: Ju 52/3mg3e
  Improved military version, powered by three 541 kW (725 hp) BMW 132A-3 (improved version of the Pratt & Whitney R-1690 Hornet) radial engines, equipped with an improved radio and bomb-release mechanism. Later versions had a tailwheel that replaced the tailskid.
  Ju 52/3mg4e
  Military transport version, the tailskid was replaced by a tailwheel.
  Ju 52/3mg5e
  Similar to g4e, but powered by three 619 kW (830 hp) BMW 132T-2 engines, it could be fitted with interchangeable floats, skis, and wheeled landing gear.
  Ju 52/3mg6e
  Transport version equipped with extra radio gear and autopilot, could also be fitted with a degaussing ring
  Ju 52/3mg7e
  Transport version, capable of carrying 18 troops or 12 stretchers, featured autopilot and larger cargo doors
  Ju 52/3mg8e
  Similar to g6e, but with improved radio and direction finding gear, a few were fitted with floats.
  Ju 52/3mg9e
  Tropical version of g4e for service in North Africa, fitted with glider towing gear and strengthened undercarriage
  Ju 52/3mg10e
  Similar to g9e, but could be fitted with floats or wheels, lacked deicing equipment
  Ju 52/3mg11e
  Similar to g10e, but fitted with deicing equipment
  Ju 52/3mg12e
  Land transport version, powered by three BMW 132L engines
  Ju 52/3m12e
  Civilian version of Ju 52/3mg12e for Luft Hansa
  Ju 52/3mg13e
  No details are known.
  Ju 52/3mg14e
  Similar to g8e, but with improved armor, last German production version
  A.A.C. 1 Toucan
  Postwar French version of g11e, 415 built
  CASA 352
  Postwar Spanish version, 106 built
  CASA 352L
  Spanish version with Spanish 578 kW (775 hp) ENMA Beta B-4 (license-built BMW 132) engines, 64 built
  C-79
  Designation assigned to a single example operated by the United States Army Air Forces
  D52
  Designation used by the Czechoslovak Air Force
  T2B
  Designation used by the Spanish Air Force
  Tp 5
  Designation used by the Swedish Air Force
  K 45c
  A single Ju 52/1mce (c/n 4004) was delivered to the Junkers factory at Limhamn in Sweden, where it was converted to a torpedo bomber as the K 45c.
caption: Preserved AAC 1 showing corrugated skin, at Duxford, 2001
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