[Seaplanes]

I have the following W.Nr. blocks for the Arado Ar 196:
W.Nr. 2589 - 2592 4 Ar 196V-1 to V-4 prototypes by Arado, Brandenburg.
W.Nr. 2519 - 2521 3 Ar 196B-0 pre-production series, by Arado Brandenburg.
W.Nr. 2522 - 2524 3 Ar 196A-0 pre-production series, by Arado Brandenburg.
Please do not ask me why these numbers are lower than those for the prototypes.

W.Nr. 0011 - 0030 20 Ar 196A-1 by Arado Warnemünde.

W.Nr. 0031 was possibly not used or may have been tested to destruction before delivery, a so called Bruchzelle.

W.Nr. 0032 - 0131 100 Ar 196A-2 (including the last 16 converted to A-4 standard) by Arado Warnemünde.

W.Nr. 0133 - 0211 80 Ar 196A-3 by Arado Warnemünde.

W.Nr. 0212 - not known 228 Ar 196A-5 by Arado Warnemünde. At some point in this series the W.Nr. was given as i.e. 100342, this seems to have been used until the series was completed. This series also seems to include a number of aircraft actually delivered as A-3 versions.

W.Nr. 02301001 - 02301021 21 Ar 196A-3 by SNCASO, St. Nazaire.

W.Nr. 623007 - 623183 66 Ar 196A-5 by Fokker. The W.Nr. blocks in this series are not known to me.

Although this list has its shotcomings, it does explain the use of the various W.Nr. blocks.