So has anyone yet asked the "unintended consiqunces" list of questions for all of the bright shiny new toy I gotta have it assertions with no admission to why you WANT this new toy?
Lets see....
A20 - 4klbs bombs internal external, 6 .50 cal nose, 330+- top speed.
B26 - 4-6klbs bombs internal, 4 .50cal fixed forward, 287+- top speed.
A26B - 4-6klbs internal and 2klbs external, +-8 .50cal forward firing with 8 additional in wing pods, 355 +- top speed. A26C Glass Nose - 370+- top speed.
C-models were fitted with more powerful engines in the form of 2 x Pratt & Whitney R-2800 engines of 2,000 horsepower each with water injection. Wings were also strengthened to mount up to 14 x 5" rockets or 2,000lbs of bombs. The wings were slightly altered to accommodate 6 x 12.7mm wing-mounted machine guns to make up for the lack of punch caused by the removal of the nose-mounted armament common to the B-models. 1,091 A-26C models were delivered.
The Douglas Invader's lethality was furthermore accented by the option of carrying between 4,000 and 8,000lbs of internal and external ordnance in the form of drop bombs or 8 to 14 x 5" rockets (the latter held externally on eight or fourteen underwing pylons - the full 16 rocket deployment was achievable in lieu of the drop tanks and wing mounted bombs). In fact, Invaders were known to be able to carry greater bombloads than that as found on the larger Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses. Endurance could be extended with the addition of 165-gallon underwing drop tanks, increasing the aircraft's range by up to 300 miles. C-model Invaders with the glassed-in nose were fitted with 2 x 12.7mm machine guns in the nose along with the 2 x 12.7mm gun systems in each turret but forward firepower was augmented with the addition of the 6 x wing-mounted machine guns.
Welcome to the AH ultimate CV killing Lancstuka B or C Model. Not to mention it will become the spit16 of the AH bomber world.
