This single-seater carrier-based fighter was designed to replace the aging A5M. ĭesign, Development & Operational History Īt its launch, the A6M2 model 11 knew no equal. The A6M2 is also available to the Americans as a converted Rank 2 Premium Aircraft for 1150. The Mitsubishi A6M2 Reisen (code name «Zeke»), often referred to as the "Zero" due to its naval designation as the Type 0, is a single-seat carrier based monoplane fighter currently sitting at Rank 2 in the Japanese line. British naval pilots on Hellcat fighters won a combined total of 52 victories.Ī total of 1,320 Hellcat fighters were delivered to Great Britain and withdrawn from service in August 1946.Note: Base stats only (no upgrade installed) They were launched in large numbers from the aircraft carriers of the British Pacific Fleet in the Far East. From June 1944 on, British Hellcats fought in the Mediterranean theater and near the beaches of Normandy. In March 1944, units equipped with these aircraft participated in raids on the anchorage of the German battleship Tirpitz in Norway. In the British FAA, the aircraft initially received the designation of Grumman Gannet Mk.I, but it was later changed to the Hellcat F Mk.I.īeginning in December 1943, Hellcats included in the Royal Navy's aviation force were assigned to accompany convoys across the Atlantic Ocean. The F6F-3 entered service with the USN in January 1943, and later, in July of the same year, the planes began to be delivered to Great Britain under the Lend-Lease Act. The aircraft was equipped with an arresting hook, and the wing panels could be folded up over themselves. An external fuel tank could be mounted under the central bomb rack. Bomb racks under the fuselage and under the wings could carry up to three bombs weighing up to 1,000 lb (454 kg), six 127 mm HVARs, or two 298 mm Tiny Tim anti-ship unguided rockets. Its armament consisted of six 12.7 mm Colt-Browning M2.5 machine guns, with 400 rounds each, located in the wings. The aircraft was equipped with a 2,000 hp Pratt & Whitney R-2800-10 Double Wasp double-row, eighteen-cylinder, radial air-cooled engine and a Hamilton Standard three-bladed propeller. In October 1942, the first production version, F6F-3, was launched. A prototype of the XF6F-1 fighter made its first flight on 26 July 1942. It was designed by the design office of Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation under the direction of Leroy Grumman and William Schwendler. The Hellcat, when used, provides a 140% reward rate and a 100% experience bonus.Ī single-seat, single-engine, all-metal cantilever monoplane fighter with an enclosed cockpit and a retractable landing gear system.
It currently sits as a Tier 3 Premium plane in the British line, with a cost of 1150. I was the British designation for the F6F-3.
I was an American single seat monoplane fighter aircraft. 6x 12.7mm Browning machine guns (2400 rds)
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