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{{short description|German military reconnaissance aircraft}}
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 |type=Reconnaissance aircraft
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The '''Albatros C.XV''' was a German military [[reconnaissance]] aircraft developed during [[World War I]]. It was essentially a refinement of the [[Albatros C.XII|C.XII]], which had been put into production in [[1918 in aviation|1918]]. The war ended before any examples became operational.  However, some found their way into civilian hands and flew as transport aircraft in peacetime under the factory designation '''L 47'''. Others saw service with the air forces of [[Russia]], [[Turkey]], and [[Latvia]].
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==Operators==
;{{flag|German Empire}}
*''[[Luftstreitkräfte]]''
;{{LAT}}
*[[Latvian Air Force]]
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*[[Lithuanian Air Force]]
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*[[Polish Air Force]] (postwar)
;{{flag|Soviet Union|1924}}
*[[Soviet Air Force]]
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*[[Turkish Air Force]]
;{{flagicon|Albania}} [[Kingdom of Albania (1928–39)|Albania]]
* [[Royal Albanian Air Corps]]

==Specifications (C.XV)==
[[File:MVC-003S.JPG|thumb|1/72 scale model of an Albatros C.XV of the Russian Civil War by Buz Pezold]]
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|prime units? = met
|crew=two, pilot and observer
|length m=8.85
|length ft=29
|length in=0
|span m=14.37
|span ft=47
|span in=2
|height m=3.25
|height ft=10
|height in=8
|wing area sqm=42.7
|wing area sqft=459
|empty weight kg=1,021
|empty weight lb=2,250
|gross weight kg=1,639
|gross weight lb=3,613
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=[[Mercedes D.IVa]]
|eng1 kw=<!-- prop engines -->190
|eng1 hp=<!-- prop engines -->260
|max speed kmh=175
|max speed mph=110
|ceiling m=5,000
|ceiling ft=16,400
|armament = *1 × forward-firing 7.92 mm (.312 in) Spandau [[LMG 08/15]] machine gun
*1 × 7.92 mm (.312 in) [[Parabellum MG14]] machine gun for observer
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==References==
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* {{cite book |last= Taylor |first= Michael J. H. |title=Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation 
|year=1989 |publisher=Studio Editions |location=London |pages=53 }}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927203553/http://www.luftfahrt-archiv.de/Flugzeugtypen.asp?Type=Link&ID=T860&SID=7616804 luftfahrt-archiv.de]
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