P-51H-5-NA

P-51H-5-NA

P-51D-30

F-84B-26

P-51H-5-NA

P-51D-30

F-84B-26

USA

IV Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
6.0	6.3	6.7

Class:

Fighter

Research:54 000

Purchase:185 000

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This page is about the American fighter P-51H-5-NA. For other versions, see P-51 (Family).

Description

The P-51H-5-NA is a rank IV American fighter with a battle rating of 6.0 (AB), 6.3 (RB), and 6.7 (SB). It was introduced in Update 1.71 "New E.R.A.".

The P-51H-5NA is the last propeller plane in the USAAF fighter line. While retaining all features the earlier versions may offer, its powerplant is upgraded.

General info

Flight performance

Describe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Speed, manoeuvrability, acceleration and allowable loads - these are the most important characteristics of the vehicle.

Characteristics	Max Speed (km/h at 7,000 m)		Max altitude (metres)	Turn time (seconds)		Rate of climb (metres/second)		Take-off run (metres)
	AB	RB		AB	RB	AB	RB
Stock	736	717	13000	19.6	20.8	12.1	12.1	396
Upgraded	828	776		18.7	19.0	27.0	18.2

Details

Features
Combat flaps	Take-off flaps	Landing flaps	Air brakes	Arrestor gear
✓	✓	✓	X	X

Limits
Wings (km/h)	Gear (km/h)	Flaps (km/h)			Max Static G
		Combat	Take-off	Landing	+	-
887	281	651	450	265	~11	~4

Survivability and armour

• 38 mm Bulletproof glass in front of the pilot.
• 19.05 mm Steel plate in front of the engine.
• 6.35 mm Steel plate between the engine and pilot.
• 15.87 mm Steel plate behind the pilot.

Armaments

Offensive armament

The P-51H-5-NA is armed with:

• 6 x 12.7 mm M2 Browning machine guns, wing-mounted (260 rpg outer + 260 rpg mid + 390 rpg inner = 1,820 total)

Suspended armament

The P-51H-5-NA can be outfitted with the following ordnance:

• Without load
• 6 x HVAR rockets
• 6 x M8 rockets
• 2 x 100 lb AN-M30A1 bombs (200 lb total)
• 2 x 250 lb AN-M57 bombs (500 lb total)
• 2 x 500 lb AN-M64A1 bombs (1,000 lb total)
• 2 x 1,000 lb AN-M65A1 bombs (2,000 lb total)
• 2 x 250 lb AN-M57 bombs + 6 x HVAR rockets (500 lb total)
• 2 x 100 lb AN-M30A1 bombs + 6 x HVAR rockets (200 lb total)
• 2 x 500 lb AN-M64A1 bombs + 6 x HVAR rockets (1,000 lb total)

Usage in battles

The P-51H-5-NA is a high altitude turnfighter. It has impressive performance against most props it may face and it can put a considerable fight against earlier jets. Compared to its German and British counterparts, it outperforms them by a fair amount in engine performance. The P-51H-5-NA can also be used as a strike fighter, as it can have great loadouts of combinations of bombs and rockets for this purpose.

Whilst having great engine performance, the P-51H-5-NA can turn impressively as well, out-manoeuvring most of its German counterparts. It has good ordnance, capable of shooting any aircraft down with relative ease, as well as being able to dodge incoming attacks by jets. It has a good climb rate which also gives it an option to put up a fight against jet encounters, being able to perform boom and zoom attacks as its energy retention is good. It has a tendency to break its wings while zoom climbing at speeds higher than 550km/h. It also uses high octane fuel, which means it has considerable susceptibility to fire.

At low altitude, fighting with a turnfighter mindset will mostly work. If jets are present, try not to drop your speeds too much, as you may need to dodge multiple shots. The P-51H-5-NA will not perform as good against jets, as it does not have comparable speeds. BnZ attacks are the most effective against jets, as this manoeuvre mostly removes the speed out of the equation.

Most enemies faced by the P-51H-5-NA will be easily taken down, but unfortunately it also faces jets from time to time. Me 262 and Ho 229 are the biggest predators of this plane. The Ho 229 will out-turn you while the Me 262 will outrun you.

Since all matches will be an equal 1:1, the P-51H will have a great disadvantage since historically speaking during World War 2, the P-51s outnumbered the advanced German fighters leading them to victory, but since it will be an equal number battle, you will need to find a pair, a group or maybe even pack-up your whole team of fighters and escort the bombers, that way, the allied team's less manoeuvrable planes will have a greater chance of survival, not just to your own success, but to the team's victory.

Since the P-51H-5-NA have a good engine and fast climb rate, you should be higher than ALL the enemies since it's going to be hard for allied planes to turn fight with both German and Japanese planes. This is one of the main advantages of American planes: powerful engines, to out-climb and out-speed most of their German counters, because most of the time, even a 1v1 turn-fight with a Bf 109 and Fw 190 will result of you being defeated assuming the pilot knows how to fly, in order to avoid this, Boom and Zoom is the best way to get a kill with a P-51H-5-NA.

Manual Engine Control

MEC elements
Mixer	Pitch	Radiator			Supercharger	Turbocharger
		Oil	Water	Type
Not controllable	Controllable Auto control available	Not controllable Not auto controlled	Controllable Auto control available	Combined	Not controllable 2 gears	Not controllable

Modules

Tier	Flight performance		Survivability	Weaponry
I	Fuselage repair	Radiator		Offensive 12 mm		FSBC mk.1
II		Compressor	Airframe		FRC mk.2	FSBC mk.5
III	Wings repair	Engine		New 12 mm MGs		FMBC mk.1
IV	G-suit	Engine injection	Cover		Rocket Launcher M10	FLBC mk.1

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Great top speed for a prop-driven aircraft
• Respectable armament of 6 x 12.7mm (.50 calibre) machine guns
• One of the most manoeuvrable P-51s in the game
• Good climb rate
• Good payload options
• Good acceleration

Cons:

• .50 calibre machine guns aren't nearly as powerful compared to cannons, but will still do the job
• High crew training and purchase cost - the same as the F-80A-5 Shooting Star
• Can be up-tiered to fight against early jets
• Limited WEP, once it runs out the planes performance drops dramatically
• High repair cost on both RB and SB

History

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Media

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See also

Other variants in-game

• P-51 (Family)

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

• Focke-Wulf Fw 190 D
• Focke-Wulf Ta 152
• Hawker Tempest
• Kawanishi N1K
• Kawasaki Ki-100
• Lavochkin La-9
• Messerschmitt Bf 109
• Nakajima Ki-84
• Supermarine Spitfire
• Yakovlev Yak-9

External links

• [Devblog] P-51H Mustang: Winged Perfection

North American Aviation
Fighters
P-51A	P-51 · P-51A
P-51C	P-51C-10
P-51D	P-51D-5 · P-51D-10 · P-51D-20-NA · P-51D-30
P-51H	P-51H-5-NA
Twin-engine fighters	F-82E
Jet fighters	F-86A-5 · F-86F-2 · F-86F-25 · F-86F-35 · F-100D
Strike aircraft	A-36 · PBJ-1H · PBJ-1J
	FJ-4B · FJ-4B VMF-232
Bombers	B-25J-1 · B-25J-20
Export/Licence	▂B-25J-30 · ␗B-25J-30
	▄Mustang Mk IA · F-6C-10-NA · ␗P-51C-11-NT · ␗P-51D-20 · J26 David · J26 · P-51D-20-NA · ␗P-51K
	F-86F-30 ▅ · ␗F-86F-30 · F-86F-40 ▅ · F-86F-40 JASDF▅ · ␗F-86F-40
	◄F-86K · ▄F-86K (Italy) · ▄F-86K (France)
	␗F-100A · ▄F-100D · ␗F-100F
Captured	▅P-51C-11-NT
	Canadair Limited license-built the F-86 as the CL-13 for use in Canada and export to Europe.
	Fiat license-built the F-86K for the Italian Air Force though another 120 NAA built F-86Ks were also sold to the Italians.
See Also	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries · Canadair Limited · Fiat Aviation