title: Blohm & Voss P 178
text: # Blohm & Voss P 178
  
  The Blohm & Voss P 178 was a German jet-powered dive bomber/fighter-bomber of unusual asymmetric form, proposed during World War II.
  
  ## Overview
  
  This asymmetrically-designed dive bomber had one Junkers Jumo 004B turbojet located under the wing to the starboard side of the fuselage. The pilot sat in a cockpit in the forward fuselage, with a large fuel tank located to the rear of the cockpit. Beneath the fuel tank, there was a deep recess in which an SC 500 bomb could be carried within the fuselage, or an SC 1000 bomb which would protrude slightly out of the fuselage. Two solid-fuel auxiliary rockets extended from the rear, used for take-off. Two 15 mm (.60 in) MG 151 cannons were located in the nose.
  
  ## Specifications
  
  900 kilograms-force (8.8 kN)
  
  Data from Masters (1982). except where noted.
  
  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: 1
  * Wingspan: 12.0 m (39 ft 4 in)
  * Powerplant: 1 × Junkers Jumo 004B turbojet, 8.8 kN (2,000 lbf) thrust (900 kg static thrust)
  * Powerplant: 2 × (unknown make) rockets
  
  Armament
  
  * Guns: 2 × 15 mm MG 151/15 machine guns
  * Bombs: 1 × 500 kg or 1 x 1,000 kg
  