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The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II.Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it was the United States Navy's dominant fighter in the second half of the Pacific War.
Grumman's Wildcat production ceased in early 1943 to make way for the newer F6F Hellcat, but General Motors continued producing Wildcats for both U.S. Navy and Fleet Air Arm use. Late in the war, the Wildcat was obsolescent as a front line fighter compared to the faster (380 mph/610 km/h) F6F Hellcat or much faster (446 mph/718 km/h) F4U Corsair.
The M18 Hellcat was an example of the balancing act among firepower, armor, and mobility in armored fighting vehicle design. Despite its excellent mobility and reasonably powerful main gun, the M18 Hellcat also had drawbacks, including thin armor and a poor high explosive shell for its main gun.
To meet this goal, the Bearcat's fuselage was about 5 ft (1.5 m) shorter than the Hellcat, and was cut down vertically behind the cockpit. This allowed the use of a bubble canopy, the first to be fitted to a US Navy fighter. The vertical stabilizer was the same height as the Hellcat's, but had an increased aspect ratio, giving it a thinner look.
An AW159 Wildcat (lower) flying alongside a Lynx (upper), its predecessor, July 2014. The AW159 Wildcat is a further development of the Westland Lynx. [33] While the AW159 shares broad similarities in appearance to the Lynx, it has significant design differences and is heavily modernised and adapted to gain new attributes and functionality. [33]
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Grumman F6F Hellcat, the primary United States Navy aircraft carrier fighter in the second half of World War II; M18 Hellcat, a United States tank destroyer used in World War II. 12th Armored Division (United States), nicknamed the Hellcat Division (or Hellcats for short) Short Hellcat, a planned air-to-surface variant of the Seacat missile
4 F6F Hellcat Image Gallery. 2 comments. 5 Combat Radius Vs Ferry Range. 2 comments. 6 F6F-5 Control Surfaces. 2 comments. 7 An excellent site for Hellcat data. 1 ...