RODEN 347 CONVAIR B-36B PEACEMAKER (WORLD'S FIRST ATOMIC BOMBER) 1/144 SCALE
DESCRIPTION:
The next variant of the aircraft was the B-36B, which was actually the first model equipped for frontline operations in this large family of giants. A total of 73 of this type were built and they had a complete set of defensive weapons with 16 20 mm guns. The maximum combat payload of 39 tonnes allowed the aircraft to carry the entire range of ordnance, including the latest nuclear bombs.
In March 1949, during a training flight, a B-36B spent 44 hours in the air, dropping a 5-tonne bomb load 25 hours after takeoff. The Air Force now had every right to believe that they possessed a fundamentally new type of strategic weapon in this very long range aircraft. For its extraordinary qualities, the B-36 received the unofficial nickname «Uncle Sam’s Big» as a hint that from now on America was capable of inflicting a devastating blow on a potential adversary anywhere in the world.
As of the end of 1950, the U.S. Air Force had two units equipped with B-36Bs - the 7th and 11th Heavy Bomb Groups, based in the north and south of the country. At this time, the first serious conflict since World War II had already begun - the Korean War. The B-36Bs were constantly on the alert, but it was another type, the B-50, which was committed to the conflict, and the strategic giants would be used only in case of any escalation and the possible official entry into the war by both the United States and the Soviet Union.
Their role, as before, was to constantly patrol the territory in the neutral zone along the northern borders of the USSR. Subsequently, the B-36Bs were converted to the new B-36D standard, and their service in a new capacity lasted for the next 10 years until the appearance of a new generation bomber, the famous B-52.
FEATURES:
* Brand: Roden
* Title: Convair B-36B Peacemaker (Early)
* Number: 347
* Scale: 1/144
* Type: Full kit
* Released: 2020 New tool
* Packaging: Rigid box (Top opener)
* Topic: Convair B-36 Peacemaker » Propeller (Aircraft)
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