Blohm & Voss BV 237

In 1942, the Luftwaffe was interested in replacing the venerable but ageing Junkers Ju 87, and Dr. Richard Vogt's design team at Blohm & Voss began work on project P 177.

[1] The dive bomber version would have had a one-man crew with two fixed forward firing 15 mm (0.591 in) MG 151 cannon and two rear firing 13 mm (0.512 in) MG 131 machine guns, carrying 2,000 kg (4,400 lb) of bombs.

[3] In the summer, Allied bombing raids over Hamburg caused no damage to the Blohm and Voss facilities, but the Ministry of Aviation ordered all developmental work stopped.

A twin seater Schlachtflugzeug (ground attack) aircraft armed with two fixed forward firing 15 mm (0.591 in) MG 151 cannon and three forward firing 30 mm (1.181 in) MK 103 cannon, with six 70 kg (150 lb) bombs.

A proposed mixed-power version with a podded Junkers Jumo 004B underslung between the BMW 801 nacelle and the fuselage.