This article describes the different variants of the North American T-6 Texan.
This article describes the different variants of the North American T-6 Texan.
| NAA Charge Number | NAA Model or Designation | Customer | Engine Installed | Number built/ Modified | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NA-16 | NA-16 | USAAC (trials) | Wright R-975-E3 Whirlwind 420 hp (310 kW) | 1 | Prototype NX-2080, was open cockpit, received greenhouse canopy for trials |
| NA-18 | NA-18 | USAAC (trials) | Wright R-975-E3 Whirlwind 420 hp (310 kW) | 1 (modified) | Ex-NA-16, won against Seversky BT-8 and Curtiss-Wright CW-19R, to Argentina in 1937 |
| NA-19 | NA-19/BT-9 | USAAC | Wright R-975-7 Whirlwind 400 hp (300 kW) | 42 | Minor changes from NA-18, new canopy |
| NA-19A | NA-19A/BT-9A | USAAC | Wright R-975-7 Whirlwind 400 hp (300 kW) | 40 | Armed BT-9 with one cowl gun and one rear flexible gun, and suitably modified canopy. |
| NA-20 | NA-16-2H | Trials, to Fuerza Aérea Hondureña (FAH) | Wright R-975 Whirlwind (Unknown sub-type/HP) | 1 | NC16025 originally intended as demonstrator for China |
| NA-22 | NA-22 | USAAC (rejected) | Wright R-760ET 225 hp (168 kW) | 1 | Dangerously underpowered |
| NA-23 | NA-23/BT-9B | USAAC | Wright R-975-7 Whirlwind 400 hp (300 kW) | 117 | Unarmed. 1 modified as sole BT-9D as BT-14 prototype with new outer wings and other alterations. |
| NA-26 | BC-1 | Trials, to Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) | Pratt & Whitney R-1340-S3H1 Wasp 550 hp (410 kW) | 1 | Basic Combat Demonstrator NX18990 - no relation to later BC-1, first retractable gear variant, later modified with Yale parts. |
| NA-27 | NA-16-2H | to Fokker and Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu) (Netherlands) | Pratt & Whitney R-1340-S2H1 Wasp 500 hp (370 kW) | 1 | European demonstrator armed NA-26 with fixed gear. |
| NA-28 | NJ-1 | USN | Pratt & Whitney R-1340-6 Wasp 550 hp (410 kW) | 40 | USN specification up engined BT-9 as advanced trainer, some reengined with later R-1340 versions. |
| NA-29 | BT-9C | USAAC | Wright R-975-7 Whirlwind 400 hp (300 kW) | 67 | as per BT-9A with minor changes. First aircraft completed as Y1BT-10. |
| NA-30 | BT-10 | USAAC (Cancelled) | Pratt & Whitney R-1340-41 Wasp 600 hp (450 kW) | 0 | cancelled production version of Y1BT-10 |
| NA-31 | NA-16-4M/ Sk-14/14A | Flygvapnet (Sweden) | Wright R-975-E3 Whirlwind 420 hp (310 kW)/ Piaggio P.VIIc 525 hp (391 kW) | 137 | BT-9C but different engine variant. Licence production (NAA built 1, ASJA 76, SAAB 60), Trialled undercarriage for Saab 21. |
| NA-32 | NA-16-1A | Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) | Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp (unknown sub-type/HP) | 1 | Fixed gear pattern aircraft similar to NJ-1 or Y1BT-10, not followed up. |
| NA-33 | NA-16-2K/ Wirraway | RAAF | Pratt & Whitney R-1340-S1H1G 600 hp (450 kW) | 756 | Retractable gear pattern aircraft for Australia, 1 built by NAA and 755 by Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation) |
| NA-34 | NA-16-4P | Fuerza Aérea Argentina (FAA) | Wright R-975-E3 Whirlwind 420 hp (310 kW) | 29 | First major export order (not licence), had 2 cowl guns, a flexible rear gun and a radio mast |
| NA-36 | BC-1 | USAAC | Pratt & Whitney R-1340-47 Wasp 500 hp (370 kW) | 177 | Retractable undercarriage and first aircraft with square bottom rudder. DF loop under wing, blister covers fuel transfer gear on centerline aft of wheel wells. |
| NA-37 | NA-16-4R/KXA1 | Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN - Evaluation) | Pratt & Whitney R-985-9CG Wasp Junior 500 hp (370 kW) | 1 | Technology demonstrator, unarmed, fixed undercarriage and three-bladed prop. |
| NA-38 | NA-16-4M | Flygvapnet (Sweden) | Wright R-975-E3 Whirlwind 420 hp (310 kW) | 1 | same as NA-31 |
| NA-41 | NA-16-4 | Republic of China Air Force (RoCAF) | Wright R-975 Whirlwind (unknown sub-type/HP) | 35 | Similar to BT-9C with short fabric covered fuselage, combat aircraft with two fixed forward guns and one flexible rear gun. |
| NA-42 | NA-16-2A | Fuerza Aérea Hondureña (FAH - Honduras) | Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp 520 hp (390 kW) | 2 | |
| NA-43 | NA-16-1G | Exército Brasileiro (Brazilian Army) (Cancelled) | Wright R-975 Whirlwind | 0 | Similar to BT-9C |
| NA-44 | NA-44 | to RCAF | Wright SG-1820-F52 Cyclone 750 hp (560 kW) | 1 | Prototype two-seat export combat aircraft similar to BC-1A |
| NA-45 | NA-16-1GV | Aviación Militar Nacional Bolivariana de Venezuela (Venezuela) | Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp | 3 | Possibly originally built to Brazilian contract |
| NA-46 | NA-16-4 | Marinha do Brasil (Brazilian Navy) | Wright R-975-53 Whirlwind 400 hp (300 kW) | 12 | Similar to BT-9C with wingtip slats, small DF loop under fuselage. |
| NA-47 | NA-16-4RW/KXA-2 | Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) (Evaluation) | Wright R-975-E3 Whirlwind 420 hp (310 kW) | 1 | Technology demonstrator |
| NA-48 | NA-16-3C | Republic of China Air Force (RoCAF) | Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp | 15 | Similar to NA-45 |
| NA-49 | NA-16-1E/ Harvard I | Royal Air Force (RAF) | Pratt & Whitney R-1340-S3H1 Wasp 600 hp (450 kW) | 400 | Straight wing trailing edge, square rudder, short fabric covered fuselage, fixed rear canopy, no blister under wing center section |
| NA-50 | NA-50 | Fuerza Aérea del Perú (FAP) | Wright R-1820-G3 Cyclone | 7 | Single-seat fighter, NA-16-5 |
| NA-52 | SNJ-1 | USN | Pratt & Whitney R-1340-6 Wasp 500 hp (370 kW) | 16 | Short metal fuselage, square rudder, late wings, fixed rear on canopy |
| NA-54 | BC-2 | USAAC | Pratt & Whitney R-1340-45 Wasp 600 hp (450 kW) | 3 | Based on NA-36 with some improvements from NA-44, 3-bladed prop and two blister under wing center section. |
| NA-55−1 | BC-1A | USAAC | Pratt & Whitney R-1340-47/-49 Wasp 600 hp (450 kW) | 83 | Bought for researve and Air National Guard (ANG) units. |
| NA-56 | NA-16-4 | Republic of China Air Force (RoCAF) | Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp | 50 | Similar to NA-55 (long metal fuselage, fixed gear and engine differences) |
| NA-57 | NA-57/ NAA 57 P-2 | Armée de l'Air (France) | Wright R-975-E3 Whirlwind 420 hp (310 kW) | 230 | Improved NA-23, many captured and used by Germany, some retained by Vichy France |
| NA-58 | BT-14/BT-14A | USAAC | Pratt & Whitney R-985-25 Wasp Junior 450 hp (340 kW) | 251 | Similar to Harvard II except for fixed undercarriage and smaller engine. 27 re-engined with 400 hp (300 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-985-11 as BT-14A |
| NA-59 | AT-6-NA | USAAC | Pratt & Whitney R-1340-47 Wasp 600 hp (450 kW) | 94 | First examples converted from NA-55 while still on production line, some examples had small DF loop installed |
| NA-61 | NA-16-1E/ Harvard I | RCAF | Pratt & Whitney R-1340-S3H1 Wasp 600 hp (450 kW) | 30 | Later fitted with extended exhaust for cabin heater |
| NA-64 | NA-64/ NAA 64-P2/ Yale I | Armée de l'Air (France) | Wright R-975-E3 Whirlwind 420 hp (310 kW) | 230 | 119 to Royal Canadian Air Force as Yale I, briefly used by France, many captured by Germany |
| NA-65 | SNJ-2 | USN | Pratt & Whitney R-1340-36 Wasp | 36 | Blister covering fuel transfer gear along centerline aft of wheel wells |
| NA-66 | Harvard II | RAF | Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp | 600 | as per NA-59 but fixed rear canopy and no rear gun, also to RNZAF and RCAF, Southern Rhodesia |
| NA-68 | NA-50A/P-64 | Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF - Thailand) | Wright R-1820-77 Cyclone 870 hp (650 kW) | 6 | Short outer wing panel angled much further forward than earlier types. Diverted with start of Pacific war to USAAF as P-64 |
| NA-69 | NA-44/A-27 | Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF - Thailand) | Wright R-1820-75 Cyclone 745 hp (556 kW) | 10 | Fully armed as attack aircraft. Diverted with start of Pacific war to USAAF as A-27 |
| NA-71 | NA-16-3 | Aviación Militar Nacional Bolivariana de Venezuela (Venezuela) | Pratt & Whitney R-1340-S3H1 Wasp 550 hp (410 kW) | 3 | Two nose guns and rear gun, no wing guns. |
| NA-72 | NA-44 | Exército Brasileiro (Brazilian Army) | Pratt & Whitney R-1340-AN1/S1H1 Wasp 600 hp (450 kW) | 30 | Attack bomber, fitted with small DF loop under fuselage. |
| NA-74 | NA-44 | Fuerza Aérea de Chile (FACh) | Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp | 12 | Attack bomber, fitted with small DF loop under fuselage. |
| NA-75 | Harvard II | RCAF | Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp | 100 | Follow on order to NA-66 |
| NA-76 | Harvard II | RAF | Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp | 450 | Ordered by France, taken over by RAF, many to RCAF |
| NA-77 | AT-6A/SNJ-3 | USAAC, USN | Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp | 637 | |
| NA-78 | AT-6A/SNJ-3/3C | USAAC, USN | Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp | 568 | As NA-77, first aircraft built in Texas, and to use name "Texan" |
| NA-79 | SNJ-2 | USN / Flygvapnet (Sweden) as Sk 16C | Pratt & Whitney R-1340-56 Wasp 550 hp (410 kW) | 25 | |
| NA-81 | Harvard II | RAF | Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp | 125 | same as previous RAF Harvard II order. |
| NA-84 | AT-6B | USAAC | Pratt & Whitney R-1340-AN-1 Wasp 600 hp (450 kW) | 400 | |
| NA-85 | SNJ-3 | USN | Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp | 0 | Cancelled duplicate of NA-78 for record purposes. |
| NA-88 | AT-6C/AT-6D/XAT-6E SNJ-4/SNJ-5 | USAAC/USAAF, USN | Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp/ Ranger V-770-9 575 hp (429 kW) | 9331 | (last 800 as NA.121) AT-6D used 24 volt electrics, vs previous 12 volt systems. XAT-6E used Ranger V-770. |
| NA-119 | AT-6D | Força Aérea Brasileira (FAB) | Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp | 81 | 20 examples built in Brazil under licence |
| NA-121 | AT-6D/AT-6F | USAAF, USN | Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp | 4378 | 800 AT-6Ds, 211 SNJ-5, 956 AT-6F and 411 SNJ-6. AT-6F and SNJ-6 have clear fixed rear canopy section |
| NA-128 | AT-6D | USAAF, USN | Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp | 0 | Canceled orders to have been built in Texas. |
| NA-168 | T-6G/LT-6G | USAF/ANG | Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp | 109 | Re-manufactured and updated from earlier versions. Mostly internal but canopy simplified slightly. |
| NA-182 | T-6G/LT-6G | USAF/ANG | Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp | 824 | as per NA-168, Re-manufactured/updated. |
| NA-186 | Harvard 4 | RCAF/ MDAP | Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp | 555 | Sole new post war production. |
| NA-188 | T-6G/LT-6G | USAF/ANG | Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp | 107 | Re-manufactured and converted from earlier versions. |
| NA-195 | T-6G/LT-6G | USAF/ANG | Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp | 11 | Re-manufactured and converted from earlier versions. |
| NA-197 | T-6G | USAF/ANG | Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp | 110 | Re-manufactured and converted from T-6D. |
| NA-198 | SNJ-8 | USN | Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp | 0 | Cancelled Contract for SNJ-8 (similar to T-6G) |
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