Bell YFM-1 Airacuda - a photo on Flickriver

During the 1930s, many new Enterprises started to develop and build new and unique designs in an effort to surpass it´s rivals. Bell had recently started building Planes in the US and had a concept for a heavy fighter (also called a "Mobile anti-aircraft Platform") that could intercept enemy bombers at much longer ranges than conventional single engine fighters.
At the time, the Bell YFM-1 Airacuda was a truly futuristic design featuring three separate cockpits facing forward, two of them housing one Allison V-1710-9 liquid-cooled turbosupercharged V-12, 1,090 hp (810 kW) engine each on a pusher configuration and armed with a 37mm M4 cannon and one 7,62mm machine gun.

Although capable of aiming the cannons from the nacelles, the gunners' primary purpose was simply to load them with the 110 rounds of ammunition stored. This incredible firepower was further reinforced with two 12,7mm heavy machine guns firing from the sides and it also featured the ability to carry a small number of bombs on wing bays.
Although revolutionary in many ways, the Airacuda was plagued with many different problems which never allowed it to enter full operational service.

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