Tamiya Aircraft Models 1/72 Scale #70 U.S. Fighter Republic P-47D Thunderbolt Bubbletop

THE REPUBLIC P-47 THUNDERBOLT IS A WORLD WAR II-ERA FIGHTER AIRCRAFT PRODUCED BY THE AMERICAN AEROSPACE COMPANY REPUBLIC AVIATION FROM 1941 THROUGH 1945. ITS PRIMARY ARMAMENT WAS EIGHT .50-CALIBER MACHINE GUNS, AND IN THE FIGHTER-BOMBER GROUND-ATTACK ROLE IT COULD CARRY 5-INCH ROCKETS OR A BOMB LOAD OF 2,500 LB (1,100 KG). WHEN FULLY LOADED, THE P-47 WEIGHED UP TO 8 TONS, MAKING IT ONE OF THE HEAVIEST FIGHTERS OF THE WAR.