The SB2C-4 was the most produced variant of the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver dive bomber. First produced in late 1944, the SB2C-4 was a follow-up design to the SB2C-3 with an upgraded Wright R-2600-20 Cyclone engine. The SB2C-4's main improvement was the addition of wing racks for additional payload or the option to use rockets or gun pods. In total, 2,045 SB2C-4s were built before production switched to the final main variant, the SB2C-5, in 1945.
The SB2C-4 was introduced in Update 1.53 "Firestorm". Compared to its predecessor, the SB2C-1C, this variant of the Helldiver is a direct improvement, offering primarily better acceleration and a more flexible loadout. The wing racks allow the SB2C-4 to carry an additional pair of bombs, a set of HVAR rockets, or even gun pods to strafe soft ground targets or shoot down enemy aircraft. However, the SB2C-4 is still quite sluggish to handle, and its weak defensive guns will not help to deter pursuing enemies.
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| Belt | Belt filling | Armor penetration (mm) at a distance: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 m | 100 m | 500 m | 1000 m | 1500 m | 2000 m | ||
| HEF-I/AP-T | 39 | 36 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 6 | |
| AP-T/AP-T/HEF-I/HEF-I | 39 | 36 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 6 | |
| HEF-I/HEF-I/HEF-I/AP-T | 39 | 36 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 6 | |
| AP-T/AP-T/AP-T/HEF-I | 39 | 36 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 6 | |
| HEF-I | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Belt | Belt filling | Armor penetration (mm) at a distance: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 m | 100 m | 500 m | 1000 m | 1500 m | 2000 m | ||
| T/Ball/Ball/AP/I | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| T/AP/AP/AP/I | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Name | Weight | Slot | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 × | 251.2 kg | ![]() | ![]() | |||
| 117.9 kg | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
| 242.6 kg | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
| 2 × | 233.3 kg | ![]() | ![]() | |||
| 2 × | 235.8 kg | ![]() | ||||
| 2 × | 485.2 kg | ![]() | ||||
| 500.8 kg | ![]() | |||||
| 721.2 kg | ![]() | |||||
| 2 × | 914.4 kg | ![]() | ||||
| 884 kg | ![]() | |||||
| 964.8 kg | ![]() | |||||
| 494.4 kg | ![]() | |||||
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