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XPB2M-1 / JRM-1 Mars

SPECIFICATIONS XPB2M-1 / XPB2M-1R JRM-1 / JRM-2 / JRM-3
Description Long range Navy patrol bomber/cargo transport Long range Navy cargo transport

Engine Four 2200 hp Wright R-3350-8 Cyclones JRM-1: four 2200 hp Wright R-3350-8's
JRM-2/JRM-3: four 3000 hp Pratt & Whitney R-4360-4 Wasp Majors
Dimensions
Span 200 ft 0 in200 ft 0 in
length 117 ft 3 in120 ft 3 in
height (on beaching gear) 38 ft 5 in44 ft 7 in
wing area 3683 sq ft3686 sq ft
cargo volume4000 cu ft4000 cu ft
payload 16,000 lb JRM-1: 18,000 lb /
JRM-2: 30,000 lb
Weights 144,000 lb loaded JRM-1: 148,500 lb loaded /
JRM-2: 165,000 lb loaded
Crew 7-137-13
passengers 40; troops: 133 (with equipment) up to 301; troops: 133 (with equipment)

Armament
  • Three single flexible 0.30-in guns in partially powered tail and nose turrets, retractable top turret and waist gun
  • 10,000 lbs of bombs and aerial torpedoes;

    Gun turrets were removed and redesignated as XPB2M-1R transport plane

    		• None
    Performance:
    Maximum speed 224 mph238 mph
    cruising speed 140 mphJRM-2: 185 mph
    JRM-2: 215 mph
    service ceiling 17,000 ft17,000 ft
    range 4375 milesJRM-1: 5800 miles
    JRM-2: 6750 miles



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