The Curtiss Model 60 Shrike (A-12) was an American attack aircraft of the Second World War in service from 1933 to 1942. The A-12 was manned by a crew of two comprising a pilot and a gunner seated in tandem, and was powered by a Wright R-1820-37 radial piston engine rated at 690 hp giving a top speed of 177 mph and a typical range of 838 km. The A-12 was armed with four 7.62 mm Browning fixed forward-firing machine-guns in the landing gear fairings, and one 7.62 mm Browning trainable machine-gun in the dorsal position. Up to 221 kg of disposable stores could also be carried on two hard points under the wings and generally comprised four 122 lb or four 100 lb bombs or ten 25 lb or 30 lb bombs. Research A-12
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