P2V-5 (P-2) Neptune
The P2V-5 was designed for use as a long range anti-submarine airplane. It's secondary tactical mission was mine laying.
The airplane carried a crew of nine and featured Fowler wing flaps, "varicam" stabilizer, wing and tail surface thermal anti-icing, electrical propeller deicing, droppable wing tip tanks, radar and searchlight equipment. As an alternate mine laying airplane, the MAD tail and observer nose were replaced by a 20 mm nose and tail turret.
The P2V-5 had an all metal semi-monocoque fuselage with wings of conventional two-spar dural construction. This airplane was basically a P2V-4 modified to incorporate the R-3350-30WA engine and wing tip tanks of the new design and capacity.
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