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Type: High-Altitude Bomber Destroyer
Origin: Lockheed
Crew: Two
Model: XP-58
First Flight: June 6, 1944
Production: 1 Prototype
POWERPLANT(S):
   Model: Allison V-3420-11/13
   Type: 24-Cylinder Vee liquid cooled engine
   Number: Two       Horsepower: 3,000 hp
DIMENSIONS:
   Wing span: 70 ft. 0 in.
   Length: 49 ft. 4 in.
   Height: 16 ft. 0 in.
   Wing Surface Area: 600 sq. ft. (55.74 m²)

WEIGHTS:
   Empty: 31,624 lb. (14,344 kg.)
   Maximum: 39,192 lb. (17,777 kg.)
   PERFORMANCE:
   Maximum Speed: 436 mph at 25,000 ft.
   Maximum Cruising Speed: 274 mph at 25,000 ft.
   Initial Climb Rate: 2,660 ft./min.
   Service Ceiling: 38,400 ft.
ARMAMENT:
Four 37mm cannon
    Ammunition: 250 rounds per gun
Four .50 in. machine guns in remote controlled turrets
    Ammunition: N/A
Or
One 75mm cannon
    Ammunition: 20 rounds
Two .50 in. machine guns in nose
    Ammunition: 300 rounds per gun
Four .50 in. machine guns in remote controlled turrets
    Ammunition: N/A

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Sources:
Green, William - War Planes Of The Second World War - Fighters - Vol. 4, 1964, Doubleday And Company, Inc., New York