P-40L 2-gun leading edge reference pictures

[Collin]

Anyone have good reference pics of the 2 gun configuration of the P-40 .50 cal set up?  
 

Cheers

Collin

[Aerophile]

I thought the P-40N-1 was the only hawk with two fifties per wing. 
But hey I could be wrong, it has happened before. lol 

[bobster]

The p-40L was an attempt to shed some weight off the P-40F. The L had 2 guns per wing, the F had 3. The benefit was negligible, and disliked by pilots. Subsequent variants returned to the 3 guns per wing configuration. Apparently, some P40Ls had the outer row of guns replaced. Therefore, some Ls ended up with a 6 wing gun configuration.   

[Aerophile]

I knew the -1 version of the P40N was a two fifties per wing aircraft(they also reverted back to three per wing with later versions)but did not know this about the earlier marks. 
Thanks for the info!

Gerald

[Collin]

Tracking all the above.  I think they just used a blanking plate over the outboard .50 cal machine gun...and left the three gun shell chutes in place...so adding the gun later makes sense if that is all they did.

 

I was just looking to see if anyone has a detailed picture of the blanking plate...I want to mash together a Trumpeter P-40F and P-40M to get a long tail P-40L (in a two gun config).

 

Cheers All

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