What was the armament on a P-51 Mustang?

What was the armament on a P-51 Mustang?

Browning machine guns
P-51 MUSTANG SPECIFICATIONS

AIRCRAFT: TF-51 Mustang
CLIMB RATE: 3,475 ft/ minute 7.3 min to 20,000 ft.
RANGE: 2,080 miles with two 110 gal. drop tanks
ARMAMENT: 6 X .50 caliber Browning machine guns 2 with 270 rounds per gun 4 with 400 rounds per gun
FUEL CAPACITY: 184 imp. gal. internal, provision for two 62.5 gal. drop tanks.

How much does a P 51D Mustang cost?

40 Gallon Functional Fuselage fuel Tank.

How many P-51’s are left?

There are only around 175 Mustangs still flying, with roughly 150 of those in the U.S. About 100 other Mustangs are on display in museums. More than 15,000 rolled off North American Aviation assembly lines in California and Texas during World War II.

How many Twin Mustangs are left?

five
The rarity of the Twin Mustang has only increased. Of the 272 manufactured by North American, Reilly’s is one of five remaining and the only surviving prototype. (Only two prototypes were built. The first prototype was scrapped at Maryland’s Naval Air Station Patuxent River in 1953.)

How much ammo did ww1 planes have?

Lewis: from one drum containing 47 rounds (early Nieuports) up to five drums containing 97 rounds. 97 rounds drum was introduced in June 1916. Actual drum change to reload started with Foster mount. Drums stored onto aircraft varied with cockpit available space from two to four (plus drum already mounted on gun).

How much ammo did the p40 have?

Curtiss-Wright P-40 Warhawk 39-156. The fighter (at the time, the Air Corps designated this type as a “pursuit”) was armed with two air-cooled Browning AN-M2. 50-caliber machine guns on the engine cowl, synchronized to fire through the propeller arc, with 380 rounds of ammunition per gun.

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