# Rumpler G.I

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The **Rumpler G.I** was a [bomber](/source/Bomber) aircraft produced in [Germany](/source/Germany) during [World War I](/source/World_War_I), together with refined versions known as the **G.II** and **G.III**.[1]

## Design and development

Based on a prototype with the factory designation **4A15**, the G.I and its successors were built to a conventional bomber design for their time, two-bay [biplanes](/source/Biplane) with unstaggered wings of unequal span.[2] The pilot sat in an open cockpit just forward of the wings, and open positions were provided in the nose and amidships for a gunner and observer. The engines were mounted pusher-fashion in nacelles atop the lower wings and enclosed in streamlined cowlings.[2] Fixed [tricycle undercarriage](/source/Tricycle_gear) was fitted, with dual wheels on each unit.[2]

The **G.II** version was almost identical, but featured more powerful engines and carried a second 7.92 mm (.312 in) [machine gun](/source/Machine_gun) and increased bombload.[2] The **G.III** was again similar, but had engine nacelles that were now mounted on short struts clear of the lower wing.[2]

## Variants

- **4A15** - prototype with [Benz Bz.III](/source/Benz_Bz.III) engines[3]
- **5A15** - **G.I** production version with single machine gun and Benz Bz.III or [Mercedes D.III](/source/Mercedes_D.III) engines[4] (c. 60 built)[2]
- **5A16** - **G.II** production version with [Benz Bz.IV](/source/Benz_Bz.IV) engines and two machine guns[5] (c. 72 built)[6]
- **6G2** - **G.III** production version with [Mercedes D.IVa](/source/Mercedes_D.IVa) engines and two machine guns[7] (c. 90 built)[6]

## Notes

1. Taylor 1989, p.772

1. *The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft*, p.2834

1. Gray & Thetford 1962, p.529

1. Gray & Thetford 1962, p.530

1. Gray & Thetford 1962, p.531

1. Kroschel & Stützer 1994, p.140

1. Gray & Thetford 1962, p.532

## References

- Gray, Peter & Owen Thetford (1962). *German Aircraft of the First World War*. London: Putnam.
- 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.
- *The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft*. London: Aerospace Publishing.
- Kroschel, Günter & Helmut Stützer (1994). *Die Deutschen Militärflugzeuge 1910–1918*. Herford: Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn.

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