North American T-6

Variants

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BC-1


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Basic Combat trainer version initial production version with 600hp [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] engine, 177 built


BC-1A

Same as BC-1 but with semi-monocoque rear fuselage, squared-off wingtips and vertical tail surfaces, 93 built.


BC-1B

One BC-1A fitted with an AT-6A wing centre section.


BC-1I

BC-1s converted to instrument trainers, 30 modified

AT-6 Texan


Same as BC-1A with minor changes, powered by a 600hp R-1340-47 and armed with forward-firing 0.3in machine gun, nine original started as BC-1As and 85 built.


AT-6A

Same as AT-6 but with 600hp R-1340-49 and removable wing centre section fuel tanks, 1847 built with 298 transferred to the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] as the SNJ-3. Survivors re-designated T-6A in 1948.


AT-6B

Same as AT-6A but with 600hp R-1340-AN-1 and dorsal gun fitted as standard, 400 built.


AT-6C

Same as AT-6B but with material changes to low-alloy steel and plywood, 2970 built including transfers to the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] as the Harvard III.


AT-6D

Same as AT-6B but with a 24V DC electrical system, 4388 built including transfers to the United States Navy as the SNJ-5 and to the United Kingdom as the Harvard IIA. Redesignated T-6D in 1948.


XAT-6E

One AT-6D re-engined with a 575hp [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] engine for trials.


AT-6F

Same as AT-6D but with a strengthened airframe and minor modifications, 956 built including transfers to the United States as the SNJ-6, Redesignated T-6F in 1948.

AT-16


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T-6 Texan


T-6A

AT-6As re-designated in 1948.


T-6C

AT-6Cs re-designated in 1948 including 68 re-builds with new serial numbers.


T-6D

AT-6D re-designated in 1948 including 35 re-builds with new serial numbers.


T-6F

AT-6F re-designated in 1948.


T-6G

Earlier model AT-6/T-6s re-built between 1949-1953. They have improved cockpit layout, increased fuel capacity, modified landing gear with steerable tailwheel, updated radios and a 600hp R-1340-AN-1 engine. 2068 modified.


LT-6G

T-6Gs converted for battlefield surveillance and forward air controller duties, 97 modified.


T-6H

Number of T-6Fs converted T-6G standard.


T-6J

Designated used for Canadian-built Harvard Mk 4s supplied to Belgian, France, Italy, Portugal and West Germany, 285 aircraft.

SNJ Texan


SNJ-1

United States Navy designation same as BC-1 with metal-covered rear-fuselage, 16 built.


SNJ-2

Same as SNJ-1 but with a R-1340-56 engine and detailed changes, 61 built.


SNJ-3

Same as AT-6A, 270 built and 296 transferred from [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien].


SNJ-3C

SNJ-3 converted as deck landing trainers with arrester gear, twelve modified.


SNJ-4

Same as AT-6C, 1240 built.


SNJ-4C

SNJ-4s converted as deck landing trainers with arrester gear.


SNJ-5

AT-6Ds transferred from the USAAC, 1573 aircraft.


SNJ-5C

SNJ-5s converted as deck landing trainers with arrester gear.


SNJ-6

AT-6Fs transferred from the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], 411 aircraft.


SNJ-7

Early models modified to T-6G standards in 1952.


SNJ-7B

An armed variant of the SNJ-7.


SNJ-8

Order for 240 cancelled.

Harvard



Harvard I

Similar to BC-1 but without rear gun and with a 600hp R-1340-S3H1 engine, 400 aircraft.


Harvard II

Similar to BC-1A, 526 built, again without provision for rear gunner.


Harvard IIA (RAF & Commonwealth)

AT-6C, many with wooden rear fuselages when first delivered.


Harvard IIA (RCAF)

'Armed' Harvard II - Any RCAF Harvard II & IIB fitted with guns (in the wing), rockets or bombs.


Harvard IIB

Noorduyn built Mk.II's, some to US orders as AT-16's for lend-lease. Transfers back from the USAAF (1800) and 757 built.


Harvard T.T. IIB

Target Tug - 42 aircraft built for the RAF by Noorduyn. Number probably included in II totals.


Harvard IIF

Bombing/gunnery trainer - One-off modified from Mk.II with bomb aimers blister and AT-6 cockpit.


Harvard III

AT-6D, 537 aircraft for RAF.


Harvard 4

Development of Harvard II paralleling the T-6G, and built by [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], 270 for the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] and 285
for [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]. Some publications refer to these as T-6J however the aircraft record cards do not use this designation.

A-27


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Tandem two-seat attack version of the AT-6 with a 785hp [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] engine and five O.3in machine guns
(two in nose, one on each wing and one dorsal).
Designation used for ten aircraft for Thailand impressed into United States Army Air Corps use.

North American designation


NA-16

Prototype for entire family of aircraft.


NA-18

NA-16 modified to USAAC requirements.


NA-19

BT-9 slightly modified from NA-18.


NA-19A

BT-9A Armed version of BT-9.


NA-20

BT-9 Demonstrator built for China.


NA-22

Re-engined BT-9.


NA-23

BT-9B Some minor changes from BT-9, unarmed.


NA-26

BC-1 Basic Combat Demonstrator aircraft, First Retractable Gear Variant. Sold to RCAF.


NA-27

As per NA-26 but for demonstration in Europe.


NA-28

NJ-1 BT-9 built to USN specifications.


NA-29

Y1BT-10, BT-9C & BT-9D Minor improvements over earlier BT-9's


NA-30

Intended production version of Y1BT-10, cancelled. Similar to BT-9 but different engine.


NA-31

As per BT-9C but with a different engine for Sweden as a pattern aircraft for the Sk 14.


NA-32

Pattern aircraft for Australian Government.


NA-33

Pattern aircraft for Australian Government built as [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] (755 built).


NA-34

Variant of BT-9 for Argentina. First major export order for NAA.


NA-36

The BC-1


NA.44

Prototype attack version, one built.


NA.55

The BC-1A


NA.59

The AT-6


NA-69

Attack version for Thailand, not delivered became the A-27.


NA.72

Attack version for Brazil, 30 built.


NA.74

Attack version for Chile.


NA.88

The AT-6D (last 800 as NA.121)


NA.121

The last 800 AT-6Ds

Specifications (T-6G)

Data from Jane’s Fighting Aircraft of World War II

General characteristics

• Crew: two (student and instructor)
  
• Length: 29 ft (8.84 m)
  
• [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]: 42 ft (12.81 m)
  
• Height: 11 ft 8 in (3.57 m)
  
• Wing area: 253.7 ft² (23.6 m²)
  
• Empty weight: 4,158 lb (1,886 kg)
  
• Loaded weight: 5,617 lb (2,548 kg)
  
• Powerplant: 1× [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]-AN-1 Wasp [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], 600 hp (450 kW)
  

Un P&W R 1340 Wasp

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• Wache, Siegfried. CCF Harvard Mk. IV (T-6) (series F-40 - Die Flugzeuge der Bundeswehr Nr.09) (in German). Buchholz,
  Germany: Buchholz Medien Verlag, 1989. [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien].
  

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Texan et Texan II

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Un tour du T-6 G !

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