During the Second World War, German military aviation had two main types of single-engine fighters - the Bf 109 from Messerschmitt and the FW190 from Focke-Wulf. The general Russian reader has very little information about the latter of the two cars. Meanwhile, the FW190 was reproduced in tens of thousands of copies and performed not only in the roles of fighter, reconnaissance, fighter-bomber and attack aircraft, but also in exotic versions of a torpedo bomber, carrier of guided missiles and glide bombs, as well as a flying testbed for unusual artillery systems. Original in design, with many elements of novelty, this aircraft is certainly of great interest to all fans of the history of aviation technology.