# Rumpler C.I

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Entering service in 1915, the **Rumpler C.I**, (company designation **5A 2**),[1] two-seater single-engine reconnaissance biplane, was one of the first German C-type aircraft, and also one of the longest serving in its class during [World War I](/source/World_War_I), being retired from the last front line units only in early 1918.

## Design and development

The C.I was a successful design, it was used on the Western and Eastern Fronts as well as in Macedonia, Salonika and Palestine. Early production examples were armed only with a single [Parabellum](/source/Parabellum_MG14) machine gun on a Schneider ring mounting, but later aircraft had additionally a synchronised [Spandau](/source/Maschinengewehr_08) machine gun on the port side of fuselage. When used as a light bomber the C.I could also carry 100 kg of bombs.

In addition to the parent company [Rumpler](/source/Rumpler), the C.I was also produced by the [Germania Flugzeugwerke](/source/Germania_Flugzeugwerke), the Märkische Flugzeug-Werke, the [Hannoversche Waggonfabrik](/source/Hannoversche_Waggonfabrik) and the Albert Rinne Flugzeug-Werke from 1915 to 1917. Variants included the **C.Ia**, which used a 180 hp [Argus As.III](/source/Argus_As.III) engine instead of [Mercedes D.III](/source/Mercedes_D.III), the **C.II**, of which there's no evidence that any were actually built, **[6B 1](/source/Rumpler_6B)** single-seat floatplane fighter, and a Rumpler-built batch of C.Is intended for training which omitted the gun ring in the rear cockpit and was powered by a 150 hp [Benz Bz.III](/source/Benz_Bz.III).

It was this training role in which the C.I was latterly used, its friendly handling qualities making it suitable to be flown even by inexperienced pilots.

## Operators

**[German Empire](/source/German_Empire)**

- [Luftstreitkrafte](/source/Luftstreitkrafte)

**[Latvia](/source/Latvia)**

- [Latvian Air Force](/source/Latvian_Air_Force) - Postwar.

- [Lithuanian Air Force](/source/Lithuanian_Air_Force) - Postwar. 3 aircraft (No. 2699, 4936, 8144) purchased in 1919.[2]

- [Polish Air Force](/source/Polish_Air_Force) - Postwar.

- [Ottoman Air Force](/source/Ottoman_Air_Force)

**[Kingdom of Yugoslavia](/source/Kingdom_of_Yugoslavia)**

- [Royal Yugoslav Air Force](/source/Royal_Yugoslav_Air_Force) - Postwar.

## References

1. Gray, Peter & Thetford, Owen (1970). *German Aircraft of the First World War*. 2nd ed. London: Putnam. pp. 195–198. ISBN 0-370-00103-6.

1. Ramoška, G. ["Lietuvos Aviacijos Istorija 1919 - 1940 m. : Pirmieji karo aviacijos lėktuvai 1919-23 m."](http://www.plienosparnai.lt/page.php?81) (in Lithuanian). *plienosparnai.lt*. Retrieved 12 December 2019.

## Further reading

- Herris, Jack (2014). *Rumpler Aircraft of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes*. Vol. 11. Great War Aviation Centennial Series. n.p.: Aeronaut Books. ISBN 978-1-935881-21-6.
- Klaauw, Bart van der (March–April 1999). "Unexpected Windfalls: Accidentally or Deliberately, More than 100 Aircraft 'arrived' in Dutch Territory During the Great War". *Air Enthusiast*. '***(80): 54–59. [ISSN 0143-5450](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0143-5450)***
- Neulen, Hans-Werner & Cony, Christophe (August 2000). "Les aigles du Kaiser en Terre Sainte" [The Kaiser's Eagles in the Holy Land] (in French). *Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire*. '***(89): 34–43. [ISSN 1243-8650](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1243-8650)***

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