
SnapAddon: DOUGLAS A-26B Invader  (circa 1944-ETO) 


 The American "attack" designation was selected for initial production and 
entered combat service with the US 9th Air Force in Europe late 1944. This 
variant carried six .50 cal. MG in a solid nose (4 positioned in staggered 
pairs to the starboard side with 2 offset to port side) representing its 
early batch production configuration, which also began with the underwing 
packs that added another eight .50 cal. MG in twin gun-pods.
 Another optional variant will also be provided with six retrofitted .50 cal. 
MG internally mounted inside the outer wing panels so bombs and rockets can 
be carried underneath the wings.   
 Plus a further typical feature was locking down the dorsal turret in order 
to fire a fixed pair of .50's offering an additional battery for straffing.
This locked-down barbette version is included within a separate folder as a 
player preferred addon option with that enhanced forward firing power. This
was occasionally practiced as a result of the poor performance of the remote
controlled pair of the barbettes. 
 An internal payload of 4000-lbs could be carried plus a maximum 2000-lb
external arsenal on outer-wing pylons mounting between 8 to 12 HVAR 5-in 
rockets or up to 500-lb size bombs with auxillary fuel cells. 
  

ECA Panel Guns and Ammunition Upgrades
                A-26B
 (Light Attack-Reconnaissance Bomber)
       
 3x50 cal MG (nose)            400 rpg
 3x50 cal MG (nose)            400 rpg (default)
 2x50 cal MG (wing)            400 rpg 
 4x50 cal MG (wing)            400 rpg
*2x50 cal MG (top turret)      500 rpg (flex operated)
*2x50 cal MG (bot turret)      500 rpg (flex operated)
  
            SPECIFICATIONS
Engines Best Alt: 16000-ft
Maximum Altitude: 22100-ft
Maximum Velocity: 355-mph (with full load) 
Maximum Bombload: 6000-lb (4000 internal/2000 external)
  

Comments may be placed at aldwornick@home.com and mjlask@ameritech.net
Special acknowledgement for all 3D editing and loadout hexing by Moggy.
Original skin work was contributed and created by Serb.
Further interior/exterior enhancements by Moggy, Redeyes and C.Wilches
 modified gunsight from his updated Invader cockpit.
  
 
The Firm  
UPDATED:11/23/01

External loadouts were repointed closer to where the bomb bay position
would normally have been.

Original Invader gunsight has been exchanged for Claudio Wilches new P61
gunsight repointing its jointing Pa26bv.tpc file so this can now be read 
as a default batch file. Since the snap program does recognize customized
textured and "stick-on" files provided they share the same 4-letter code 
as its destined slot. For instance, the above mentioned texture file can 
be snapped freely to different slots seen now as Pp38jC.tpc with exception
that such special files must be installed within the snapshot folder only 
after its respective aircrafts batch files have been captured by SNAPShot. 
 