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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
 
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'''{{Specs|name}}''' is a rank {{Specs|rank}} American twin-engine fighter {{Battle-rating}}. It was available in [[Update 1.57 "Battle March"]] to be obtained during the 2016 "Chronicles of World War II" after completing 22 "Aircraft Tasks". The plane is painted after the camouflage scheme of American pilot Richard Bong of the US Army Air Forces, who is the highest-scoring American pilot ace with 40 kill credits in a P-38.
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The '''{{Specs|rank}}''' is a gift Rank {{Specs|rank}} American twin-engine fighter {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced during [[Update 1.53 "Firestorm"]] when it became available as part of a Christmas Sale Bundle in 2015, and again in the 2017 Summer Sale in the "Daredevil" bundle.
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The P-38J is a sleekly designed, twin-engine monoplane by Lockheed. This plane has a top speed of 431 Mph (694 kph) with an airspeed warning at 460 Mph (740 kph). The array of weaponry it has installed is: 1 x [[AN/M2 (20 mm)|AN/M2 20 mm cannon]] with 4 x [[Browning M2 (12.7 mm)|12.7 mm Browning machine guns]]. Further-expanding the role, with upgrades, it can be equipped with either: bazooka's or bombs to further allow it to conquer and dominate the battlefield, whether that be air or ground.
 
  
 
== General info ==
 
== General info ==
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! colspan="8" | ''Stock''
 
! colspan="8" | ''Stock''
 
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! colspan="2" | Max Speed<br>(km/h at 7,921 m)
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! colspan="2" | Max Speed<br>(km/h at 6,401 m)
 
! rowspan="2" | Max altitude<br>(meters)
 
! rowspan="2" | Max altitude<br>(meters)
 
! colspan="2" | Turn time<br>(seconds)
 
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! RB
 
! RB
 
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| 661 || 651 || 12,192 || 22.9 || 23.4 || 13.7 || 15.9 || 332
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| ? || 673 || 13,411 || ??.? || 22.0 || ??.? || 18.6 || 332
 
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! colspan="8" | ''Upgraded''
 
! colspan="8" | ''Upgraded''
 
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! colspan="2" | Max Speed<br>(km/h at 6,401 m)
 
! rowspan="2" | Max altitude (meters)
 
! rowspan="2" | Max altitude (meters)
 
! colspan="2" | Turn time (seconds)
 
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! RB
 
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| ? || ? || 12,192 || ??.? || ??.? || ?.? || ?.? || 332
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| 761 || 724 || 13,411 || 19.5 || 20.0 || 36.4 || 24.0 || 332
 
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! WEP Engine power
 
! WEP Engine power
 
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=== Survivability and armour ===
 
=== Survivability and armour ===
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* 6.5 mm Steel - Fore cockpit armor plating
 
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* 6.5 mm Steel - Pilot's seat
 
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* 9.5 mm Steel - Pilot's headrest
 
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* 38 mm Bulletproof glass - Windscreen
 
  
 
== Armaments ==
 
== Armaments ==
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{{main|AN/M2 (20 mm)|Browning M2 (12.7 mm)}}
 
{{main|AN/M2 (20 mm)|Browning M2 (12.7 mm)}}
  
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* 1 x 20 mm AN/M2 cannon, nose-mounted (150 rpg)
 
* 1 x 20 mm AN/M2 cannon, nose-mounted (150 rpg)
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* 4 x 12.7 mm M2 Browning machine gun, nose-mounted (500 rpg = 2,000 total)
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* 4 x 12.7 mm M2 Browning machine guns, nose-mounted (500 rpg = 2,000 total)
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=== Suspended armament ===
 
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{{main|AN-M64A1 (500 lb)|M8}}
 
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* Without load
 
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* 6 x 114 mm M8 rockets
 
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* 2 x 500 lb AN-M64A1 bombs (1,000 lb total)
 
  
 
== Usage in battles ==
 
== Usage in battles ==
 
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When playing the P-38J climb to a high altitude, search for the enemy, locate the enemy you feel confident in engaging.
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The main and only tactic of the P-38K is, solely an air superiority and it excels at that.
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Once these steps have been, ticked-off the check-list. Assuming you are above the enemy target: Put the plane into a gradual descent, which gives you and allows you to maintain the speed advantage. As you are descending; make small corrections on your path, so you don't give the element surprise away by overshooting the enemy.
 
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Now you are about one to two seconds away, from your target. Line your sights up, with your sights on the tail and fire a bust with your cannon and machine guns. You have now shot down your target. Why keeping the momentum, climb back up to the height you where before and repeat for the best results.
 
  
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'''''Ground Battles'''''<br>
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When playing the P-38K, climb to a high altitude, search for the enemy and locate an enemy you feel confident in engaging.
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Using this plane in ground battles, is very effective once you have unlocked the appropriate modules. '''FMBC Mk.1''' allows you to equip two x 500 lb bombs, these are mounted under the wings. To help get the bombs on target, use the machine guns to help predict where the bomb will fall. To do this, put the plane into a steep dive. As you near the ground and start getting closer, fire the machine guns. Using a short bust, if the bust hits the area or target you are aiming for; drop the bombs then pull up.
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Assuming you are above the enemy target, put the aircraft into a gradual descent, which allows you to maintain a speed advantage. As you are descending; make small corrections on your path so you don't give the element surprise away by overshooting the enemy.
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Now you are about one to two seconds away from your target. Here you will line your sights up, with your sights on the tail and fire a bust with your cannon and machine guns. While keeping the momentum, climb back up to the height you where before and repeat for the best results.
  
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They are great for destroying, tanks, bunkers and ships. '''M10 Bazooka''' module allows you to equip your P-38J with two bazooka's each bazooka has three rockets in total you get six rockets. These are attached to the lower nose panel, and are very accurate. These are ideal for destroying tanks and bunkers.
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This plane does not carry any bombs or rockets. So using this in a ground strike role is not recommended.
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Once the ground units have been destroyed, you can use this to plane dominate the air and keep the enemy bomber and fighters away. This will help you secure that much wanted victory!
 
  
 
===Manual Engine Control===
 
===Manual Engine Control===
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| I
 
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| Fuselage Repair
 
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| Radiator
 
 
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| Airframe
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| New 12 mm MGs
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| FMBC mk.1
 
 
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| Wings Repair
 
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| Engine
 
 
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'''Pros:'''
 
'''Pros:'''
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* Excellent speed
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* Excellent speed, acceleration and climb rate (one of the fastest climbing props in the game)
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* Excellent acceleration
 
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* Excellent climb rate
 
 
* Very powerful armament, great for bomber hunting
 
* Very powerful armament, great for bomber hunting
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* Armament being positioned in the nose allows it to have great and fearsome head on capability
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* Armament being positioned in the nose allows it to have the great and fearsome head-on capability
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* Multiple armament presets: Gives it a wider role it can have external Bombs or Rockets mounted
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* Adequate roll and turn time (You can actually out turn even Yak's and Spitfires with the landing flaps! Though use them on and off)
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* Good roll and turn time
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* Cockpit visibility, important in simulator matches, is mostly unobstructed
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* Good overall visibility in simulator matches
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* Acceleration is great deference when escaping and/or evading enemy aircraft
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* Great Air superiority aircraft
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* Excellent Silver Lion and Research Point earner
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* Great research and sliver lion rewards
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* Best Boom & Zoom P-38 in-game
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* Great air superiority aircraft
  
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'''Cons:'''
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'''Cons'''
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* Wing fuel tanks, prone to fuel tank fires when shot
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* Wing fuel tanks easily catch on fire when shot
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* Unable to dive to put wing fires out, without breaking wings
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* Unable to dive to put wing fires out without breaking wings
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* Easy to rip wings in dives, no air/drive breaks as installed on P-38L
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* Very delicate airframe, will not take much damage and it is easy to rip wings in dives, no air/drive brakes installed
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* Easy to black out if crew vitality is low, i.e. G-force and stamina are low
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* Easy to blackout if crew vitality is low I.e. G-force and stamina are low
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* Low cannon ammunition amount, compared to other planes in the tier
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* Single armament preset: No external bombs or rockets
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* When throttling up very fast to WEP, it can cause plane spin/unstable due to the engine torque
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* Low cannon ammunition amount, compared to other planes in the rank
  
 
== History ==
 
== History ==
 
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The concept of the plane was made in February 1937 when the US Army Air Corps made a requirement for a plane that had twin-engine and can act as an high-altitude interceptor that can hold a large amount of armament and ammunition. The term "interceptor" was used for the aircraft by the requirement authors, 1st Lt Benjamin S. Kelsey and Gordon P. Saville, to bypass the Air Corps' strict requirements on aircraft designs at the time. The specifications laid by this new requirements also called for a maximum speed of 360 mph (580 km/h) and able to climb to 20,000 ft altitude in six minutes, making it the most tough specifications at the time. Design proposals were made for the specifications, one of which would become the [[P-39N-0|Bell P-39 Airacobra]], but it was the Lockheed design team headed by Hall Hibbard and Clarence "Kelly" Johnson that made the final product. They made many designs with a twin-engine configuration. The prototypes made for the design used a twin-boom design to hold all the components of the aircraft. Various armaments were tested on the aircraft, from different machine gun combinations and auto cannons. It was finally settled to four M2 .50 cal machine guns and one Hispano 20 mm auto cannon. The aircraft armament configurations, all at the nose of the aircraft, was very unusual for an American aircraft design, as most of their designs and those of their foreign contemporaries had the armament mounted on the wings angled forward. Because of this mounting, the aircraft is able to fire at a longer distance accurately than wing-mounts.
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The concept of the plane was made in February 1937 when the US Army Air Corps made a requirement for a plane that had twin-engine and can act as a high-altitude interceptor that can hold a large amount of armament and ammunition. The term "interceptor" was used for the aircraft by the requirement authors, 1st Lt Benjamin S. Kelsey and Gordon P. Saville, to bypass the Air Corps' strict requirements on aircraft designs at the time. The specifications laid by this new requirements also called for a maximum speed of 360 mph (580 km/h) and able to climb to 20,000 ft altitude in six minutes, making it the toughest specifications at the time. Design proposals were made for the specifications, one of which would become the [[P-39N-0|Bell P-39 Airacobra]], but it was the Lockheed design team headed by Hall Hibbard and Clarence "Kelly" Johnson that made the final product. They made many designs with a twin-engine configuration. The prototypes made for the design used a twin-boom design to hold all the components of the aircraft. Various armaments were tested on the aircraft, from different machine gun combinations and autocannons. It was finally settled to four M2 .50 cal machine guns and one Hispano 20 mm autocannon. The aircraft armament configurations, all at the nose of the aircraft, was very unusual for American aircraft design, as most of their designs and those of their foreign contemporaries had the armament mounted on the wings angled forward. Because of this mounting, the aircraft is able to fire at a longer distance accurately than wing-mounts.
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===Combat Usage===
 
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The P-38 performed very well in the Pacific and European theatres during World War II. They were used in roles such as Bombers Escorts, Escort V.I.P's, Performing reconnaissance over enemy locations, Combat Air Patrols, Ground Attack, Search and Rescue and other important and critical roles.
 
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===Survivors===
 
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Unfortunately, it is estimated that only five P-38J's survive to this day. Only two of them are still airworthy.
 
  
 
== Media ==
 
== Media ==

Revision as of 18:21, 31 December 2019

RANK 6 BRITAIN
Rooikat 105 PACK
P-38K
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P-38K
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IV Rank
Battle rating:
AB RB SB
5.0 5.3 5.3
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PREMIUM
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This page is about the American twin-engine fighter P-38K. For other uses, see P-38 (Family).

Description

GarageImage P-38K.jpg


The IV is a gift Rank IV American twin-engine fighter with a battle rating of 5.0 (AB) and 5.3 (RB/SB). It was introduced during Update 1.53 "Firestorm" when it became available as part of a Christmas Sale Bundle in 2015, and again in the 2017 Summer Sale in the "Daredevil" bundle.

General info

Flight Performance

Characteristics
Stock
Max Speed
(km/h at 6,401 m) 		Max altitude
(meters) 		Turn time
(seconds) 		Rate of climb
(meters/second) 		Take-off run
(meters)
AB RB AB RB AB RB
 ? 673 13,411  ??.? 22.0  ??.? 18.6 332
Upgraded
Max Speed
(km/h at 6,401 m) 		Max altitude (meters) Turn time (seconds) Rate of climb
(meters/second) 		Take-off run (meters)
AB RB AB RB AB RB
761 724 13,411 19.5 20.0 36.4 24.0 332

Details

Features
Combat flap Take-off flap Landing flap Air brakes Arrestor gear
✓ ✓ ✓ X X
Limits
Wing-break speed
(km/h) 		Gear limit
(km/h) 		Combat flap
(km/h) 		Max Static G
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790 289 534 ~9 ~5
Optimal velocities
Ailerons
(km/h) 		Rudder
(km/h) 		Elevators
(km/h) 		Radiator
(km/h)
< 321 < 460 < 500 > 240
Compressor (RB/SB)
Setting 1
Optimal altitude 100% Engine power WEP Engine power
8,500 m 2,600 hp 3,380 hp

Survivability and armour

Examine the survivability of the aircraft. Note how vulnerable the structure is and how secure the pilot is, whether the fuel tanks are armoured, etc. Describe the armour, if there is any, and also mention the vulnerability of other critical aircraft systems.

Armaments

Offensive armament

Main articles: AN/M2 (20 mm), Browning M2 (12.7 mm)

The P-38K is armed with:

  • 1 x 20 mm AN/M2 cannon, nose-mounted (150 rpg)
  • 4 x 12.7 mm M2 Browning machine guns, nose-mounted (500 rpg = 2,000 total)

Usage in battles

The main and only tactic of the P-38K is, solely an air superiority and it excels at that.

When playing the P-38K, climb to a high altitude, search for the enemy and locate an enemy you feel confident in engaging. Assuming you are above the enemy target, put the aircraft into a gradual descent, which allows you to maintain a speed advantage. As you are descending; make small corrections on your path so you don't give the element surprise away by overshooting the enemy. Now you are about one to two seconds away from your target. Here you will line your sights up, with your sights on the tail and fire a bust with your cannon and machine guns. While keeping the momentum, climb back up to the height you where before and repeat for the best results.

This plane does not carry any bombs or rockets. So using this in a ground strike role is not recommended.

Manual Engine Control

MEC elements
Mixer Pitch Radiator Supercharger Turbocharger
Oil Water Type
Controllable Not controllable Not controllable Not controllable Separate Not controllable Not controllable

Modules

Tier Flight performance Survivability Weaponry
I
II
III
IV

Pros and cons

Pros:

  • Excellent speed, acceleration and climb rate (one of the fastest climbing props in the game)
  • Very powerful armament, great for bomber hunting
  • Armament being positioned in the nose allows it to have the great and fearsome head-on capability
  • Adequate roll and turn time (You can actually out turn even Yak's and Spitfires with the landing flaps! Though use them on and off)
  • Cockpit visibility, important in simulator matches, is mostly unobstructed
  • Acceleration is great deference when escaping and/or evading enemy aircraft
  • Excellent Silver Lion and Research Point earner
  • Best Boom & Zoom P-38 in-game
  • Great air superiority aircraft

Cons

  • Wing fuel tanks easily catch on fire when shot
  • Unable to dive to put wing fires out without breaking wings
  • Very delicate airframe, will not take much damage and it is easy to rip wings in dives, no air/drive brakes installed
  • Easy to blackout if crew vitality is low I.e. G-force and stamina are low
  • Single armament preset: No external bombs or rockets
  • When throttling up very fast to WEP, it can cause plane spin/unstable due to the engine torque
  • Low cannon ammunition amount, compared to other planes in the rank

History

The concept of the plane was made in February 1937 when the US Army Air Corps made a requirement for a plane that had twin-engine and can act as a high-altitude interceptor that can hold a large amount of armament and ammunition. The term "interceptor" was used for the aircraft by the requirement authors, 1st Lt Benjamin S. Kelsey and Gordon P. Saville, to bypass the Air Corps' strict requirements on aircraft designs at the time. The specifications laid by this new requirements also called for a maximum speed of 360 mph (580 km/h) and able to climb to 20,000 ft altitude in six minutes, making it the toughest specifications at the time. Design proposals were made for the specifications, one of which would become the Bell P-39 Airacobra, but it was the Lockheed design team headed by Hall Hibbard and Clarence "Kelly" Johnson that made the final product. They made many designs with a twin-engine configuration. The prototypes made for the design used a twin-boom design to hold all the components of the aircraft. Various armaments were tested on the aircraft, from different machine gun combinations and autocannons. It was finally settled to four M2 .50 cal machine guns and one Hispano 20 mm autocannon. The aircraft armament configurations, all at the nose of the aircraft, was very unusual for American aircraft design, as most of their designs and those of their foreign contemporaries had the armament mounted on the wings angled forward. Because of this mounting, the aircraft is able to fire at a longer distance accurately than wing-mounts.

Media

Excellent additions to the article would be video guides, screenshots from the game, and photos.

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

External links

Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:

  • topic on the official game forum;
  • encyclopedia page on the aircraft;
  • other literature.


Lockheed Corporation
Fighters  XP-38G · P-38E · P-38G-1 · P-38J-15 · Bong's P-38J-15 · P-38K · P-38L-5-LO · YP-38
Bombers  B-34 · PV-2D
Jet Fighters  F-80A-5 · F-80C-10
  F-104A · F-104C
Export / License  A-29 · ▄Hudson Mk V
  ␗P-38L-1
  ␗F-104A · ▀F-104G · ␗F-104G · ▅F-104J · ▄F-104S
See Also  Mitsubishi Heavy Industries · Fiat Aviation

USA twin-engine fighters
P-38  XP-38G · P-38E · P-38G-1 · P-38J-15 · Bong's P-38J-15 · P-38L-5-LO · P-38K · YP-38
P-61  P-61A-11 · P-61C-1
F7F  F7F-1 · F7F-3
Other  XF5F · XP-50 · F-82E

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