F6F-5N (France)

▄F6F-5N

▄P-63C-5

▄F8F-1B

▄F6F-5N

▄P-63C-5

▄F8F-1B

France

IV Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
5.0	4.3	4.3

Class:

Fighter

Naval aircraft

Torpedo bomber

Research:46 000

Purchase:155 000

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Description

The F6F-5N Hellcat is a Rank III French naval fighter with a battle rating of 5.0 (AB), 4.3 (RB), and 4.7 (SB). It was introduced in Update 1.73 "Vive la France".

General info

Flight Performance

Characteristics
Stock
Max Speed (km/h at ?,000 m)		Max altitude (meters)	Turn time (seconds)		Rate of climb (meters/second)		Take-off run (meters)
AB	RB		AB	RB	AB	RB
?	?	?,000	??.?	??.?	??.?	??.?	???
Upgraded
Max Speed (km/h at ?,000 m)		Max altitude (meters)	Turn time (seconds)		Rate of climb (meters/second)		Take-off run (meters)
AB	RB		AB	RB	AB	RB
?	?	?,000	??.?	??.?	?.?	?.?	?

Details

Features
Combat flap	Take-off flap	Landing flap	Air brakes	Arrestor gear
X	X	X	X	X

Limits
Wing-break speed (km/h)	Gear limit (km/h)	Combat flap (km/h)	Max Static G
			+	-
???	???	???	~??	~?

Optimal velocities
Ailerons (km/h)	Rudder (km/h)	Elevators (km/h)	Radiator (km/h)
< ???	< ???	< ???	> ???

Compressor (RB/SB)
Setting 1
Optimal altitude	100% Engine power	WEP Engine power
?,??? m	??? hp	?,??? hp

Survivability and armour

• 38 mm Bulletproof glass in front of pilot.
• 6.35 mm Steel plates behind pilot.
• 3 mm Steel plates on fuselage top in front of cockpit.
• 3 mm Steel plate on top front of oil cooling system.
• 3 mm Steel plates on bottom of engine.

Armaments

Offensive armament

The F6F-5N (France) is armed with:

• 2 x 20 mm AN/M2 cannon, wing-mounted (231 rpg = 462 total)
• 4 x 12.7 mm M2 Browning machine gun, wing-mounted (400 rpg = 1,600 total)

The four machine guns and both cannons are arranged in bundles of two machine guns and one cannon mounted in each wing. Each cannon is armed with the same amount of ammo and the machine guns are each armed with the same amount of machine gun ammo, which means that all guns of each type will will fire with each other until empty (however if fired in unison, the cannons will run out of ammo before the machine guns will).

Suspended armament

The F6F-5N (France) can have external pylons loaded with:

• Without load
• 6 x HVAR rockets
• 2 x Tiny Tim rockets
• 2 x 1000 lb AN-M65A1 bombs
• 6 x HVAR rockets + 2 x 1000 lb AN-M65A1 bombs
• 1 x 2216 lb Mk.13/44 torpedo

Usage in the battles

Manual Engine Control

MEC elements
Mixer	Pitch	Radiator			Supercharger	Turbocharger
		Oil	Water	Type
Not controllable	Controllable Automatic pitch	Controllable	Not controllable	Combined	Controllable	Not controllable

Modules

Tier	Flight performance	Survivability	Weaponry
I
II
III
IV

Pros and cons

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Pros:

• Has cannons
• Great payload options with rockets and bombs like the normal F6F-5

Cons:

• Slower than F6F-5
• Heavy aircraft plus ordinance poses challenges in climbing

History

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