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 |image = Halberstadt C.V side.jpg
 |caption = a Halberstadt C.V (Side view)
 |type = Reconnaissance
 |manufacturer = [[Halberstädter Flugzeugwerke]]
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 |first_flight =March 1918
 |introduction = June 1918
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[[File:Halberstadt C.V rear.jpg|thumb|Halberstadt C.V]]
The '''Halberstadt C.V''' was a German single-engined [[reconnaissance]] [[biplane]] of [[World War I]], built by [[Halberstädter Flugzeugwerke]]. Derived from the [[Halberstadt C.III]], with a more powerful supercharged 160&nbsp;kW (220&nbsp;hp) [[Benz Bz.IV]]ü engine, it saw service only in the final months of the war. Cameras were mounted in the observer's cockpit floor.

The aircraft had very good flight characteristics, especially maneuverability and rate of climb, and was among best German World War I aircraft in its class.<ref name=grosz>Peter M. Grosz: ''Halberstadt C.V'', Windsock Datafile no. 69, Albatros Productions, 1998, {{ISBN|978-1-902207-02-5}}, p.1, 4, 6, 10</ref> First aircraft appeared in front in late June 1918.<ref name=grosz/>

==Operators==
;{{EST}}
* [[Estonian Air Force]] - Postwar.
;{{Flag|German Empire}}
* [[Luftstreitkrafte]]
;{{LAT}}
* [[Latvian Air Force]] - Postwar.
;{{LTU}}
* [[Lithuanian Air Force]] - Postwar, 10 aircraft and 6 unlicensed copies, used from 1919 to late 1920s<ref>G. Ramoška, Pirmieji karo aviacijos lėktuvai 1919-23 m., http://www.plienosparnai.lt/page.php?81</ref>
;{{POL}}
* [[Polish Air Force]] - 11 aircraft, used during [[Polish-Soviet War]] in 1919-1920<ref>Morgała, Andrzej (1997). ''Samoloty wojskowe w Polsce 1918-1924''. Warsaw: Lampart. {{ISBN|83-86776-34-X}}, p.79 {{in lang|pl}}</ref>

;{{USSR}}
* [[Soviet Air Force]] - 18 units acquired in 1922.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Halberstadt C.V|url=http://www.airwar.ru/enc/other1/halbc5.html|access-date=2021-05-06|website=Airwar.ru}}</ref>
;{{SUI}}
* [[Swiss Air Force]]
;{{UKR}}
*  [[West Ukrainian People's Republic]] Army<ref name=":0" />

==Survivors==
[[File:Halberstadt C.V in museum.jpg|thumb|Halberstadt C.V in [[Brussels, Belgium]]]]
A single C.V (S/No. 3471/18) survives at the ''[[Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History|Musée Royal de l'Armée et d'Histoire Militaire]]'' in [[Brussels, Belgium]].

==Specifications (C.V)==
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|empty weight kg=930
|gross weight kg=1,635
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|eng1 type=6-cyl. water-cooled in-line piston engine
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|max speed kmh=170
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|ceiling m= 5,000
|climb rate ms=10.42
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** {{convert|5,000|m|ft|abbr=on|0}} in 23 minutes
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|guns=
* 1x {{convert|7.92|mm|in|abbr=on|3}} [[MG 08|LMG 08/15]] ''Spandau'' [[machine gun]] mounted in the forward fuselage port side
* 1x {{convert|7.92|mm|in|abbr=on|3}} [[Parabellum machine gun]] on a flexible mounting in the rear cockpit
* up to 50 kg of bombs<ref name=grosz/>
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==See also==
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* [[List of military aircraft of Germany]]
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* Gerdessen, Frederik. "Estonian Air Power 1918 – 1945". ''[[Air Enthusiast]]'', No. 18, April – July 1982. pp.&nbsp;61–76. {{ISSN|0143-5450}}.
*{{cite book |last1=Kabatek |first1=Mateusz |last2=Kulczynski |first2=Fr. Robert SDB |title=German Aircraft in Polish Service: Volume 1: Halberstadt Cl.II, Cl.IV, C.V; LVG C.VI; & Hannover Cl.V |date=2022 |publisher=Aeronaut Books |location=n.p.|name-list-style=amp |isbn=978-1-953201-58-4|series=Great War Aviation Centennial Series|volume=70}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Halberstadt C.V}}
* [http://www.wwi-models.org/Photos/Ger/Halb_CV/index.html Photos by Knut Erik Hagen (Feb 2003)]

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