Planes, Boats, and Guns of WWII

Aircrafts played an especially large role in World War II. Planes such as the P-51, P-47, and the Spitfire were used in the Battle of Britain, the Battle of Pearl Harbor, and so on. America’s Air Force, like their navy, was one of best in the world. The makers were surly geniuses. They equipped extraordinarily fast planes with incredibly strong and efficient guns to create some of the most powerful machines of their time. The aircrafts of World War II are magnificent achievements.

The P-51 was one of the most important fighter aircraft of World War II. The P-51 was also known as the Mustang. It was a single-seat, single-engine, low-wing monoplane that was produced by North American Aviation for Britain's Royal Air Force (RAF). Later, the U.S. Army Air Fo

rce (USAAF) adopted it. The prototype was designed to British specifications and was first flown in late 1940, shortly after the design work began. It went into service in November 1941. With a low-altitude-rated Allison engine and a maximum speed of about 390 miles (about 630 km) per hour, it was often used for low-level tactical spy duties, with a camera mounted behind the pilot’s seat. The Mustang was equipped with four .50-caliber and four .30-caliber machine guns. Although one model had four 20-millimeter cannons and another, the A-36A, was a dive-bomber for the U.S Army Air Force (USAAF). In late 1942 the airframe was adapted for the 1,200-horsepower Rolls-Royce Merlin engine and starting in late 1943 with the P-51B, was built in enormous numbers for the USAAF and some for the RAF. With a maximum speed of about 440 miles (about 700 km) per hour, the P-51D version (six .50-caliber machine guns, three in each wing) was a superb long-range offensive fighter, escorting U.S. bombers from England to Berlin in 1944 and from Pacific island bases to Tokyo in 1945. The P-51D played a significant part in the final defeat of the German Luftwaffe (the German airforce) and remained operational until the 1950s, being used for ground attacks in the first few years of the Korean War.

The PT Boat was the classic U.S. motorized torpedo boat used in World War II to deliver torpedo attacks against submarines. Originally called MTBs (motorized torpedo boats), designation changed on February 9, 1938 to PT (patrol torpedo). The PT Boats were armed with machine guns and launched torpedoes from stern, later models fired torpedoes from bow. They varied in size. The earliest models measured to be 60 ft (18 m) long, later models 80 ft (24 m), the length of PT-109 on which John F. Kennedy served in World War II.

The P-47 was a U.S fighter and fighter-bomber aircraft used by the Allied air forces during World War II. The P-47 was also known as the Thunderbolt. A single-seat, single-engine, low-wing monoplane, it was developed in the United States by Republic Aviation (USRA) to meet the need for a high-speed long-range fighter. It was first flown in 1941 and went into production the following March. The Thunderbolt was in action from British bases a year later. Variously modified as production went on, the P-47 had an armor-protected cockpit and carried eight .50-caliber machine guns. It had a maximum bomb load of 2,500 pounds (1,100 kg) and could carry 10 5-inch rocket

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