Curtiss

Curtiss A-12 Shrike

Attack

  • First flight1933
  • Introduction1933
  • StatusRetired
  • Number built46
Technical data

Specifications

01

Crew & dimensions

Crew
2
Length
32 ft 3 in
Wingspan
44 ft
Height
9 ft
02

Performance

Maximum speed
177 mph
Range
520 mi
Service ceiling
15,150 ft
03

Powerplant

Powerplant
1 × Wright R-1820-21 Cyclone 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine (690 hp)
04

Armament

Armament
Guns: :* 4 × forward-firing 0.30 in M1919 Browning machine guns mounted in the wheel fairings, :* 1 × 0.30 in machine gun mounted in the observer's cockpit for rear defense; Bombs: Up to 4 × 122 lb bombs carried under the wings or up to 10 × 30 lb fragmentation bombs in fuselage chutes either side of the main fuel tank

Engines 1

R-1820 R-1820 Piston engines Wright R-1820 Cyclone Nine-cylinder radial engine used in many aircraft of the 1930s and 1940s. Wright Aeronautical · United States→