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Lockheed PV-2D (ロッキードPV-2Dハープン)
The Lockheed PV-2D is an American anti-submarine aircraft that was delivered to the JMSDF in 1955. The Japanese received 17 PV-2 aircraft, including 5 PV-2D aircraft, which served from 1955 to 1961. One PV-2D aircraft number 4571 crashed in April 1957 and killed 8 of the 10 people on board.
History
History in the USA
The Lockheed PV-2 was created to replace the unsuccessful PV-1. To solve the problems, the wing area was increased, the bomb load was increased by 30% (to 1800 kg), the bombardier place was removed, the offensive armament was standardized with 5 12.7 mm machine guns, and it was also possible to mount 8 127 mm HVAR rockets on the wings. The first PV-2 took to the air on December 3, 1943. Soon it turned out that the plane still had problems, which forced an improvement in the design. In 1944, a variant of the PV-2D was developed, which strengthened the offensive armament to 8 12.7 mm rifles. In November 1944, an order was placed for 100 PV-2D aircraft, but only 35 were produced by the end of the war. Soon after the war, the PV-2 aircraft were withdrawn from use by the US Navy and were sent to the US allies, i.e. Brazil, France, Italy, Portugal and the Netherlands until the end of the 1940s. In 1954, the JMSDF was formed in Japan, which needed aircraft to patrol the coast of Japan.
History in Japan
In 1954, the Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) was formed in Japan, which included the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF), the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). At the time of its creation, the JMSDF did not have any aircraft, so the U.S. in order to support its ally, gave up or sold its planes so that the Japanese could defend themselves in the event of an invasion by hostile countries. Therefore, in January 1955, 17 Lockheed PV-2 aircraft were delivered to Kanoya Air Force Base, 5 of which were PV-2D aircraft. On April 18, 1955, PV-2 aircraft were officially handed over to the JMSDF crew.
Delivery of Lockheed PV-2 aircraft from Aeronautical Information May 1955^
The planes were directed to patrol the coast, but they served this purpose for a very short time. A year later, the much more modern Lockheed P2V-7 aircraft was delivered to Japan, and in 1957 the Grumman S2F-1 aircraft were delivered, which made the PV-2D aircraft quickly obsolete. It was decided in 1957 to redirect some of the aircraft to the role of instrument flight training, for this purpose all armament was removed from the aircraft. On April 19, 1957, during an instrument flight, PV-2D aircraft number 4571 crashed in the ocean about 2.3 miles from kubo-shinkai. In the accident, 8 crew members out of 11 were killed, and two suffered facial injuries.
Information about the accident from Aeronautical Information June 1957^
Due to the rapidly aging design, the lack of spare parts and the loss of three aircraft (one PV-2D and two PV-2), it was decided in 1961 to withdraw the PV-2D aircraft from service. The last Lockheed PV-2D aircraft was retired on August 1, 1961.
Japanese Lockheed PV-2D
Art about the Japanese Lockheed PV-2D
Construction description
The Japanese Lockheed PV-2D is almost exactly the same as the American version that is already in the game. The only difference is the lack of Tiny Tim missiles, which have never been in service with the JSDF. In addition, the aircraft should not be armed with additional M2 12.7 caliber rifles.
Technical sketches
Cockpit details
General characteristics
- Crew: 5
- Length: 15,79 m
- Wingspan: 22,86 m
- Height: 4,04 m
- Wing area: 63,73 m2
- Empty weight: 9,538 kg
- Gross weight: 15,272 kg
- Max takeoff weight: 16,329 kg
- Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney R-2800 radial engines, 2,000 hp (1,500 kW) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 454 km/h
- Cruise speed: 275 km/h
- Range: 2881 km
- Maximum range: 4715 km
- Service ceiling: 7285 m
Armament
- Guns:
- 8 x M2 12.7 mm machine gun mounted in the nose of the machine (2000 shells)
- 2 x M2 12.7 mm machine gun in a turret on the back (800 rounds)
- 2 x M2 12.7mm machine gun in the belly turret (2000 shells)
- Bombs:
- Bomb bay load: 1814 kg (4000 lb)
- Load Under Wings: 907 kg (2000 lb)
- 8 x 127mm HVAR rockets under the wings
- 1 x Torpedo in the bomb bay
Summary
The Lockheed PV-2D Harpoon would be a very interesting aircraft for Japan in War Thunder. The PV-2D is an aircraft with enormous firepower, which will be the ideal CAS support for Japan. Even as a Premium vehicle, it will provide enough support for Japanese players. Unfortunately, I was not able to 100% confirm the bombing equipment that the Japanese PV-2D can take with it, so I am counting on the readers of this suggestion.I encourage you to discuss in the comments and to share your own knowledge on this subject.
Finally, I apologize for the linguistic and logical errors because unfortunately English is not my main language and I had to use google translator.
Internet sources
PV-2 (航空機) - Wikipedia
Harpun Lockheed PV-2 : Lockheed / Lockheed Martin (valka.cz)
Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon (joebaugher.com)
Lockheed Ventura - Wikipedia
日本におけるロッキードPV-2の歴史 (hikokikumo.net)
海自・航空機 (coocan.jp)
PV-2D - War Thunder Wiki
海上自衛隊の装備品一覧 - Wikipedia
Book sources
- Awiation Archiwe - US Bombers of WW2 pages 30 to 33
US Bombers of WW2 (PDFDrive) | PDF | Boeing B 17 Flying Fortress | Aerial Bombing (scribd.com)
