Rumpler-Luftfahrzeugbau GmbH, Rumpler-Werke, usually known simply as Rumpler was a German aircraft and automobile manufacturer founded in

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by Austrian engineer Edmund Rumpler in 1909 as Rumpler Luftfahrzeugbau.Gunston 1993, p.259 The firm originally manufactured copies of the Etrich Taube monoplane under the ''Rumpler Taube'' trademark, but turned to building reconnaissance biplanes of its own design through the course of the First World War, in addition to a smaller number of fighters and bombers.Kroschel & Stützer 1994, p.100 The company, from the beginning a limited liability concern ( GmbH), became a

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in the style of ''Rumpler-Werke AG'' on 21 September 1917 with a capitalization of 3,5 million Marks. In 1918, 3300 people worked for RumplerRumpler 1919, p.63 at the Berlin headquarter and a subsidiary in

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, the ''Bayerische Rumpler-Werke AG''. As a consequence of the

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Germany was not allowed to manufacture aircraft. Rumpler instead attempted to secure a place in the post-war automobile market, which lead to the development of a vehicle with the first effective aerodynamic chassis, the Rumpler Tropfenwagen, on the premises of its Augsburg subsidiary. It was shown at the 1921 Internationale Automobil Ausstellung which then took place in Berlin. The car failed to attract sufficient sales and the ''Bayerische Rumpler-Werke AG'' went into receivership in 1923, followed by the ''Rumpler-Werke AG'' in Berlin in 1925. The assets were liquidated in 1926, with the Augsburg premises bought 30 July 1926 by the ''Bayerische Flugzeugwerke'', predecessor of BMW.

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Rumpler 6B The Rumpler 6B was a German single-engine floatplane fighter with a biplane wing structure, designed and built by Rumpler Flugzeugwerke, in Berlin Johannisthal and introduced in 1916. Design and development Born out of a requirement of the ''Ka ...

Rumpler B.I The Rumpler B.I (factory designation 4A) was a military reconnaissance aircraft produced in Germany during World War I.Taylor 1989, p.771 Design and development The B.I was a conventional two-bay biplane with unstaggered wings of unequal span. ...

Rumpler C.I Entering service in 1915, the Rumpler C.I, (company designation 5A 2), two-seater single-engine reconnaissance biplane, was one of the first German C-type aircraft, and also one of the longest serving in its class during World War I, being retired ...

Rumpler C.III The Rumpler C.III (factory designation 6A 5) was a biplane military reconnaissance aircraft built in Germany during World War I.Taylor 1989, p.771 Development It was a development of the Rumpler C.I design incorporating many aerodynamic refi ...

Rumpler C.IV The Rumpler C.IV was a German single-engine, two-seat reconnaissance biplane. It was a development of C.III with different tail surfaces and using a Mercedes D.IVa engine in place of the C.III's Benz Bz.IV. The Rumpler 6B 2 was a single-sea ...

Rumpler C.V The Rumpler C.III (factory designation 6A 5) was a biplane military reconnaissance aircraft built in Germany during World War I.Taylor 1989, p.771 Development It was a development of the Rumpler C.I design incorporating many aerodynamic refi ...

Rumpler C.VI The Rumpler C.VI was a high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft used by the Germans during the First World War. The aircraft was designed, along with the C.VII, based on the previous success of high-altitude Zeppelins, from which the engine was al ...

* Rumpler C.VII * Rumpler C.VIII * Rumpler C.X *

Rumpler D.I The Rumpler D.I (factory designation 8D1) was a fighter-reconnaissance aircraft produced in Germany at the end of World War I.Taylor 1989, pp. 771–772. It was a conventional single-bay biplane with wings of unequal span braced by I-struts.''Th ...

Rumpler G.I The Rumpler G.I was a bomber aircraft produced in Germany during World War I, together with refined versions known as the G.II and G.III.Taylor 1989, p.772 Design and development Based on a prototype with the factory designation 4A15, the G.I an ...

Rumpler G.II The Rumpler G.I was a bomber aircraft produced in Germany during World War I, together with refined versions known as the G.II and G.III.Taylor 1989, p.772 Design and development Based on a prototype with the factory designation 4A15, the G.I an ...

Rumpler G.III The Rumpler G.I was a bomber aircraft produced in Germany during World War I, together with refined versions known as the G.II and G.III.Taylor 1989, p.772 Design and development Based on a prototype with the factory designation 4A15, the G.I an ...

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