Curtiss SB2C Helldiver - Variants

Variants

XSB2C-1

Prototype powered by a 1,700 hp (1,268 kW) R-2600-8 engine

SB2C-1

Production version for United States Navy with four 0.50 in (12.7 mm) wing guns and one 0.30 in (7.62 mm) dorsal gun, 200 built.

SB2C-1A

Original designation for United States Army Air Corps version which became A-25A later used for 410 A-25As transferred to the United States Marine Corps.

SB2C-1C

SB2C-1 with two 20 mm (0.79 in) wing-mounted cannons and hydraulically operated flaps, 778 built.

XSB2C-2

One SB2C-1 fitted with twin floats in 1942.

SB2C-2

Production float plane version, 287 cancelled and not built.

XSB2C-3

One SB2C-1 re-engined with a 1,900 hp (1,417 kW) R-2600-20.

SB2C-3

As SB2C-1 re-engined with a 1,900 hp (1,417 kW) R-2600-20 and four-bladed propeller, 1,112 built.

S2BC-3E

SB2C-3s fitted with APS-4 radar.

SB2C-4

SB2C-1 but fitted with wing racks for eight 5 in (127 mm) rockets or 1,000 lb (454 kg) bombs, 2,045 built.

SB2C-4E

SB2C-4s fitted with APS-4 radar.

XSB2C-5

Two SB2C-4s converted as prototypes for -5 variant.

SB2C-5

SB2C-4 with increased fuel capacity, frameless sliding canopy, tailhook fixed in extended position, and deletion of the ASB radar, 970 built (2,500 cancelled).

XSB2C-6

Two SB2C-1Cs fitted with 2,100 hp (1,566 kW) R-2600-22 engine and increased fuel capacity.

SBF-1

Canadian built version of the SB2C-1, 50 built by Fairchild-Canada

SBF-3

Canadian built version of the SB2C-3, 150 built by Fairchild-Canada.

SBF-4E

Canadian built version of the SB2C-4E, 100 built by Fairchild-Canada.

SBW-1

Canadian built version of the SB2C-1, 38 built by Canadian Car & Foundry company.

SBW-1B

Canadian built version for lend-lease to the Royal Navy as the Helldiver I, 28 aircraft built by Canadian Car & Foundry company.

SBW-3

Canadian built version of the SB2C-3, 413 built by Canadian Car & Foundry company.

SBW-4E

Canadian built version of the SB2C-4E, 270 built by Canadian Car & Foundry company.

SBW-5

Canadian-built version of the SB2C-5, 85 built (165 cancelled) by the Canadian Car & Foundry company.

A-25A Shrike

United States Army Air Corps version without arrester gear or folding wings and equipment changed, 900 built

Helldiver I

Royal Navy designation for 28 Canadian-built SBW-1Bs