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 |name=Nieuport 21
 |image=Nieuport_21.jpg
}}{{Infobox aircraft type
 |type=Fighter
 |manufacturer=[[Nieuport]]
 |designer=
 |first flight=
 |introduced=1916
 |primary user={{xUserCountry|France}}
 |more users={{xUserCountry|Russia}}
 |number built=
 |developed from=[[Nieuport 17]]
 |variants with their own articles=
 |engine=80hp Le Rhône 9C rotary
 |armament=sync. Vickers or top-wing Lewis
 |crew=1
 |speed={{xUnitKph|150}} <ref name=Davilla389>Davilla, p.389.</ref><ref name=Durkota358>Durkota, p.358.</ref>
 |climb={{xUnitM|1000}} in 4:00<ref name=Durkota358>Durkota, p.358.</ref><br>{{xUnitM|2000}} in 8:27<ref name=Davilla387>Davilla, p.387.</ref>-8:45<ref name=Lamberton216>Lamberton, pp.216-217.</ref><br>{{xUnitM|3000}} in 15:42<ref name=Davilla387>Davilla, p.387.</ref><ref name=Durkota358>Durkota, p.358.</ref>
 |ceiling={{xUnitM|5200}} <ref name=Davilla387>Davilla, p.387.</ref><ref name=Durkota358>Durkota, p.358.</ref>
 |endurance=2:00 <ref name=Davilla387>Davilla, p.387.</ref><ref name=Durkota358>Durkota, p.358.</ref>
 |range={{xUnitKm|250}} <ref name=Davilla387>Davilla, p.387.</ref>
 |wingspan={{xUnitFtIn|26|10}} <ref name=Lamberton216>Lamberton, pp.216-217.</ref>
}}
|}

The '''Nieuport 21 C-1''' (for Chasse, or "Pursuit") was powered with an 80hp LeRhone 9C fitted to a lightened [[Nieuport 17|Nieuport 17]] airframe (with an increase to 3 degrees of sweepback on the mainplanes to compensate for the lighter engine) and no headrest.   It may have been originally intended as a trainer, and the 21E-1 (Ecole or "School") version was supplied in number for that purpose. But it was first pressed into French front-line service in small numbers and first appeared in mid summer 1916 alongside the Nieuport 17.  Many were built or purchased by Russia growing from around 40 in spring of 1917 to over 70 in mid-summer.   Russian pilots were impressed by its manueverability.

The Nieuport 21 came with either a fixed, sychronized Vickers machine gun or an over-wing Lewis.

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== Timeline {{refn|group="note"|Timeline data is approximate, gathered from various sources.<ref name="Davilla379">Davilla, p. 379.</ref> <ref name="Durkota353">Durkota, p. 353.</ref>}}==
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  bar:france from:08/01/1916 till:12/31/1916 color:france width:{{xTimelineWidth|5}}
  bar:france from:01/01/1917 till:09/30/1917 color:france width:{{xTimelineWidth|15}}
  bar:russia from:08/01/1916 till:02/28/1917 color:russia width:{{xTimelineWidth|3}}
  bar:russia from:03/01/1917 till:03/31/1917 color:russia width:{{xTimelineWidth|43}}
  bar:russia from:04/01/1917 till:05/31/1917 color:russia width:{{xTimelineWidth|68}}
  bar:russia from:06/01/1917 till:11/30/1917 color:russia width:{{xTimelineWidth|74}}
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== Game Data ==
=== Wings of Glory ===
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 | damage=B
 | dpoints=12
 | altitude=12
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 | points=54
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* {{xRoundelTiny|France}} [http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/album.php?albumid=3984&attachmentid=227160 Plane Card]
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== Miniatures and Models ==
[[Nieuport 17|Nieuport 17s]] make a good substitute.
=== 1:144 Scale ===
*Shapeways: [http://shpws.me/OHyP Reduced Aircraft Factory (Lewis)],[http://shpws.me/OHyO RAF (Vickers)]
=== 1:285/6mm/1:288 Scale ===
* Shapeways: [http://shpws.me/OHyP Reduced Aircraft Factory (Lewis)], [http://shpws.me/OHyO RAF (Vickers)]

==Resources==
===Orthographic Drawings===
<gallery mode="packed-hover" style="text-align:left">
Image:Nieuport21LewisTop.png|Top-Wing Lewis
Image:Nieuport21VickersTop.png|Vickers
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==References==
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{{xDurkota-Russian}}
{{xLamberton-Fighter}}

[[Category:Nieuport aircraft]]
[[Category:Aircraft with 1:144 Models]]
[[Category:Aircraft with 1:285-1:288 Models]]
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