The Arado Ar 195  design was intended for operations from Germany's first aircraft carrier, the Graf Zeppelin. The aircraft was developed as a carrier-based torpedo. bomber
The Ar 195 was based on the Ar 95 with major differences: Mainly on a tail arrester hook for catapult-launching. The Ar 195 featured a single BMW 132  radial engine, biplane wings, and crewed by a pilot and rear gunner. Landing gear was fixed and a single vertical tail surface . Armament consisted of a single 7.92mm machine gun in a forward fixed firing position for the pilot and an additional 7.92mm machine gun in a  flexible rear gun mount. A single bomb or torpedo could be mounted in an underfuselage rack.
Though the Ar 195 prototype was flying by 1937 only three were built. The type was unsuccessful against the Fieseler-designed Fi 167.
Type Two seat torpedo bomber
Engine 1 BMW 132M, 3-bladed fixed pitch metal propeller
Dimensions Length 10,5 m, height 3,0 m, span 12,5 m, wing area 46 m2
Weights Empty 2143 kg, loaded 3670 kg , max. take off weight  
Performance Max. speed 290 km/h, cruising speed 250 km/h, range 650 km, service ceiling 6000 m, time to 4000 m 14 min.
Armament 1 fixed forward firing 7.9 mm  MG 17 machine gun with 500 rounds, 1  7.9 mm  MG 15 machine-gun with 600 rounds flexibly mounted in the rear cockpit
1   700 kg  torpedo,  1  500 kg SC500 bomb or 1 250 kg  SC250 bomb plus 4  50 kg  SC50 bombs
Type Werk.Nr Registration History
V1 2439 D-OBDB After trials used at the E-Stelle See, Travemünde until 1942/43, testing arresterwire equipment
V2 2440 D-OCLN After trials used at the E-Stelle See, Travemünde until 1942/43, testing arresterwire equipment
V3 2441 D-ODSG After trials used at the E-Stelle See, Travemünde until 1942/43, testing arresterwire equipment