Republic P-47 Thunderbolt Squadron

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Description

The P-47 Thunderbolt was a versatile US fighter aircraft produced between 1941 and 1945 and saw service in both the Mediterranean and the Pacific. In addition to eight wing-mounted .50 caliber machine guns, it was capable of carrying 5-inch rockets or a bomb load of up to 2500 pounds. Fully loaded in this way, the fighter was one of the heaviest of the entire war. However, this meant that it could fulfill a number of roles – both as a short to medium range escort fighter and in a ground attack role.

The P-47 was praised by its pilots for its roll rate and dive speed, as well as its general performance at high altitude. However, this performance would suffer at lower altitudes as the rate of climb and turn would become far from optimal. The P-47 was viewed as a very large, lumbering aircraft, and German pilots soon learned to climb rather than dive when the silhouette of a Thunderbolt appeared from behind. The P-47 was also fairly tough, able to take quite a bit of damage, and its cockpit was roomy with decent visibility - this was further improved with the introduction of bubble roofs on some variants of the P47-D.

The Thunderbolt ended the war with a total of 3,752 air-to-air kills after serving in all USAAF theaters of operations (except Alaska). It also gradually became the USAAF's primary fighter-bomber, with upgraded fuel enabling it to fly sorties as far away as Berlin itself. The Thunderbolt pilots' alleged results were amazing; including 9000 locomotives, 6000 armored vehicles and 68,000 trucks. They often employed low-level bomb-skipping tactics to hit difficult outlying targets, such as. B. rolling stock in tunnels.

vital statistics

  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 11m
  • Span: 12.42 m
  • Top speed: 697 km/h
  • Combat range: 1290 km
  • Armament: 12.7 mm (8 × .50 in) M2 Browning machine guns (3400 rounds); Up to 1,134 kg bombs; 10 × 5 in (127 mm) unguided rockets

Contains 6 Warlord Resin aircraft with asset Bases and Maps.


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Hersteller
Warlord Games
Unit 1 Central Ct, Finch Cl, Lenton
Nottingham NG7 2NN
United Kingdom
www.warlordgames.com
Imported by:
Kutami
Fritz-Thiele-Strasse 22
28279 Bremen
Deutschland
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