Republic P-47 Thunderbolt vs North American P-51 Mustang Comparison

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Subjects

Republic P-47D Thunderbolt
Single-Seat, Single-Engine Fighter-Bomber Aircraft

North American P-51D Mustang
Single-Seat, Single-Engine Fighter / Fighter-Bomber Aircraft

Basics

ORIGIN
United States

YEAR
1942 [Diff.0 yrs]

CREW
1

PRODUCTION
15,660 units [Diff.+74]

PRODUCTION
15,586 units [Diff.-74]

Dimensions

LENGTH
36.2 ft (11.0 m) [Diff.+3.8 ft]

LENGTH
32.3 ft (9.9 m) [Diff.-3.8 ft]

WIDTH/SPAN
40.7 ft (12.4 m) [Diff.+3.6 ft]

WIDTH/SPAN
37.0 ft (11.3 m) [Diff.-3.6 ft]

HEIGHT
14.7 ft (4.5 m) [Diff.+1.0 ft]

HEIGHT
13.6 ft (4.2 m) [Diff.-1.0 ft]

Relative Size Comparison

Shapes below depict aircraft from wingtip-to-wingtip / nose-to-tail assuming aircraft are being viewed from overhead perspective (the nose pointing towards the top of the screen). Helicopter widths include main rotor diameter. If any dimensional values are "NA" in the database then the presented shapes may appear skewed.

Republic P-47D Thunderbolt

North American P-51D Mustang

Weights

EMPTY WT.
9,949 lb (4,513 kg) [Diff.+2,829 lb]

EMPTY WT.
7,121 lb (3,230 kg) [Diff.-2,829 lb]

M.T.O.W.
17,500 lb (7,938 kg) [Diff.+5,900 lb]

M.T.O.W.
11,601 lb (5,262 kg) [Diff.-5,900 lb]

Installed Power

1 x Pratt & Whitney R-2800-59 "Double-Wasp" 18-cylinder radial piston engine developing 2,535 horsepower driving a four-bladed propeller unit at the nose.

1 x Packard V-1650-7 Merlin liquid-cooled inline piston engine developing 1,590 horsepower driving four-bladed propeller unit at the nose.

Performance

SPEED
433 mph (697 kph) [Diff.-4 mph]

SPEED
437 mph (703 kph) [Diff.+4 mph]

RANGE
449 miles (722 km) [Diff.-502 miles]

RANGE
951 miles (1,530 km) [Diff.+502 miles]

CEILING
40,994 ft (12,495 m) [Diff.-906 feet]

CEILING
41,900 ft (12,771 m) [Diff.+906 feet]

RATE-OF-CLIMB
3,200 ft/min [Diff.-275 feet]

RATE-OF-CLIMB
3,475 ft/min [Diff.+275 feet]

Armament

STANDARD:
8 x .50 caliber (12.7mm) Browning M2 air-cooled heavy machine guns (four to a wing); ammunition counts vary depending on combat load and model focus.

OPTIONAL:
10 x 5-inch (127mm) HVAR aerial rockets.
2 x 1,000lb conventional drop bombs under wings.
3 x Fuel drop tanks underwing (x2) and fuselage centerline.

Provision for bomb load or drop tanks to a maximum of 2,500lb (1,134kg).

Dependent upon model, includes any of the following:

4 x 20mm long-barrel Hispano-Suiza cannons in wings (two guns to a wing).
2 x 0.50 caliber Browning M2 heavy machine guns in nose (A-36).
4 x 0.50 caliber Browning M2 heavy machine guns in wings (two guns to a wing).

P-51D:
6 x 0.50 cal Browning M2 Heavy Machine Guns (HMGs) in wings (three guns to a wing).

OPTIONAL:
Up to 1,000 lb (454kg) of conventional drop bombs, rockets, or fuel drop tanks carried under wing.

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