North American B-25 Mitchell vs Boeing 757 Comparison

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Subjects

North American B-25C Mitchell
Twin-Engine Medium Bomber Aircraft

Boeing 757-200
Intermediate Range Passenger Transport

Basics

ORIGIN
United States

YEAR
1941 [Diff.-42 yrs]

YEAR
1983 [Diff.+42 yrs]

CREW
5

CREW
2

PRODUCTION
9,816 units [Diff.+8,766]

PRODUCTION
1,050 units [Diff.-8,766]

Dimensions

LENGTH
52.9 ft (16.1 m) [Diff.-102.3 ft]

LENGTH
155.2 ft (47.3 m) [Diff.+102.3 ft]

WIDTH/SPAN
67.6 ft (20.6 m) [Diff.-57.3 ft]

WIDTH/SPAN
124.8 ft (38.1 m) [Diff.+57.3 ft]

HEIGHT
15.7 ft (4.8 m) [Diff.-28.7 ft]

HEIGHT
44.5 ft (13.6 m) [Diff.+28.7 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.

North American B-25C Mitchell

Boeing 757-200

Weights

EMPTY WT.
20,300 lb (9,208 kg) [Diff.-107,215 lb]

EMPTY WT.
127,515 lb (57,840 kg) [Diff.+107,215 lb]

M.T.O.W.
34,000 lb (15,422 kg) [Diff.-221,031 lb]

M.T.O.W.
255,031 lb (115,680 kg) [Diff.+221,031 lb]

Installed Power

2 x Wright Cyclone R-2600-19 air-cooled piston engines developing 1,700 horsepower each driving three-bladed propeller units.

2 x Rolls-Royce RB211-535E4 OR Pratt & Whitney PW2037 / PW2040 / PW2043 turbofan engines developing 36,600 to 43,500lbf each.

Performance

SPEED
272 mph (438 kph) [Diff.-256 mph]

SPEED
528 mph (850 kph) [Diff.+256 mph]

RANGE
1,350 miles (2,173 km) [Diff.-3,175 miles]

RANGE
4,525 miles (7,282 km) [Diff.+3,175 miles]

CEILING
24,196 ft (7,375 m) [Diff.-17,799 feet]

CEILING
41,995 ft (12,800 m) [Diff.+17,799 feet]

Armament

Model-specific armament included:

8 x 12.7mm M2 Browning Heavy Machine Guns (HMGs) OR 1 x 75mm Automatic cannon in fixed, forward-firing mounting(s) in nose assembly.

2 x 12.7mm M2 Browning HMGs in fixed, forward-firing gun pack at lower fuselage left.
2 x 12.7mm M2 Browning HMGs in fixed, forward-firing gun pack at lower fuselage- right.
2 x 12.7mm M2 Browning HMGs in dorsal turret (power-assisted in some models).
2 x 12.7mm M2 Browning HMGs in ventral turret (power-assisted in some models).
1 x 12.7mm M2 Browning HMGs in left beam position.
1 x 12.7mm M2 Browning HMGs in right beam position.
2 x 12.7mm M2 Browning HMGs in tail gun position (deleted in some models).

OPTIONAL:
1 x Torpedo carried under fuselage (model-specific).
8 x 250lb Conventional drop bombs carried on 8 x External hardpoints (model-specific).

Maximum internal bomb load of 3,000 lb (1,361 kg).

None.

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