F4U-5 Corsair Fighter Gun Atk: 4.0 Man Rtng: 3.5/2.5 Damage Value: 8 In Service: 1956 -66 Sensors: F4U-5N fitted with APS-19 radar. Performance: Speed in Knots Throttle Setting Altitude Rng Cruise Cbt Cruise Full Power V/Low: 190 (0.8) 270 (1.1) 340 (1.4) Med: 200 (0.8) 340 (1.4) 413 (1.7) High: 200 (0.8) 290 (1.2) 370 (1.5) Ceiling: 12618 meters Endurance Data Cruise Range: 980 nm Int Fuel: 425 kg Drop Tank Desc. Fuel Wt. Range Add. 154 USG drop tank 397 kg 619 nm Ordnance Loadouts: Payload: ? ? ? Off Guns: 4 M2 20mm 2 Tiny Tim and 8 HVAR 2 500 lb or 1000 lb bombs and 8 HVAR 2 154 USG drop tanks and 8 HVAR 3 154 USG drop tanks Remarks: Improved F4U-4, new engine. Twenty-six aircraft purchased. F9F-2 Panther Fighter Gun Atk: 4.0 Man Rtg: 2.5/1.5 Damage Value: 8 In Service: 1958 -69 Sensors: APG-30A radar Performance: Speed in Knots Throttle Setting Altitude Rng Cruise Cbt Cruise Full Power V/Low: 423 (1.8) 509 (1.9) -- Med: 423 (1.8) 490 (2.0) -- High: 423 (1.8) 480 (2.0) -- Ceiling: 13600 meters Engine Type: TJ Endurance Data Inflight Refuel: N Cruise Range: 1175 nm Int Fuel: 2848 kg Drop Tank Desc. Fuel Wt. Range Add. 150 USG drop tank 463 kg 190 nm Ordnance Loadouts: Payload: 907 kg Off Guns: 4 M3 20mm cannon @190 rds. 2 1000 lb bombs and 6 5 in HVAR 2 500 lb bombs and 6 5 in HVAR Remarks: Permanently mounted wingtip tanks. Inner wing HP can carry 1000 lb bomb or 150 USG drop tank. Three outers could carry 250 lb bombs or 5 in HVAR. Removed from service in 1969. . Meteor F.4 Fighter Gun Atk: 4.6 Man Rtg: 2.0/1.0 Damage Value: 8 In Service: 1948 -70 Performance: Speed in Knots Throttle Setting Altitude Rng Cruise Cbt Cruise Full Power V/Low: 460 (1.9) 508 (2.1) -- Med: 460 (1.9) 490 (2.0) -- High: 380 (1.6) 426 (1.8) -- Ceiling: 15563 meters Engine Type: TJ Endurance Data Inflight Refuel: N Cruise Range: 365 nm Int Fuel: 1180 kg Drop Tank Desc. Fuel Wt. Range Add. 180 IGal belly tank 653 kg 200 nm 100 IGal drop tank 363 kg 110 nm Ordnance Loadouts: Payload: None Off Guns: 4 Hispano Mk5 20mm cannon w/780 rds Remarks: First postwar development of Meteor. 100 purchased from Britain. 1960: : Adapted for ground-attack missions. Could carry 8 T-10 rockets, 100 kg, 250 kg, 500 kg bombs. Early 1960s: : Some Meteors plumbed to carry 2 120 USG drop tanks. 1970: : Replaced by A-4 and Mirage III. P-2E Neptune Maritime Patrol Gun Atk: (0.6) Man Rtg: 0.5/0.5 Damage Value: 25 In Service: 1958 -82 Sensors: APS-20C radar, APS-31 radar, AVQ-2 searchlight, MAD, AQA-3 sonobuoy processor, 22 sonobuoys. Performance Speed in Knots Throttle Setting Altitude Rng Cruise Cbt Cruise Full Power V/Low: 180 (0.8) 300 (1.2) -- Med: 180 (0.8) 300 (1.2) -- High: 180 (0.8) 300 (1.2) -- Ceiling: 8800 meters Engine Type: RP+TJ Endurance Data Inflight Refuel: N Cruise Range: 3250 nm Int Fuel: 9720 kg Drop Tank Desc. Fuel Wt. Range Add. Internal bay tank 3400 kg 1140 nm 350 USG Wingtip tank 1080 kg 360 nm Def Guns: 2 20mm in dorsal turret Ordnance Loadouts: Payload: 3630 kg 8 Mk83 1000 lb bombs, , 16 5” Zuni HVAR 2 Mk43 torp, , 16 5” Zuni HVAR 12 147 kg DC, , 16 5” Zuni HVAR Remarks: P2V-5F, piston propulsion. Eight ex-GB aircraft. 1965: : Two EP-2Es with auxiliary turbojets purchased. 1970: : Additional EP-2E delivered with turbojets, Jezebel/Julie acoustic system added, 2 350 USG wingtip tanks. 1972: : Two additional EP-2Es purchased. The Malvinas are Argentine! Los Malvinas son Argentina! CaS Scenario: An Alternative Falklands Conflict Introduction and Scenario Annex A: Listings for Argentinian Ships Annex B: Listings for Argentinian Aircraft Map BT Back to The Naval Sitrep # 26 Table of Contents Back to Naval Sitrep List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List & copy Copyright 2004 by Larry Bond and Clash of Arms. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history and related articles are available at http://www.magweb.com