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Vought F4U Corsair weapons armament

While most Corsair variants had the standard armament of six .50 caliber M2 Browning machine guns, one model, the F4U-1C was equipped with four 20 millimeter M2 cannons for its main weapon. The F4U was also capable of carrying mission specific weapons such as rockets and bombs. The F4U was able to carry up to a total of eight rockets, or four under each wing. It was also able to carry up to four thousand pounds of explosive ordnance. This helped the the Corsair take on a fighter bomber role, making it a more versatile fighter.

Later on, different variants of the F4U were given different armaments. While most Corsair variants had the standard armament of six .50 caliber M2 Browning machine guns, certain models, like the F4U-1C was equipped with four 20 millimeter M2 cannons for its main weapon. While these cannons were more powerful than the standard machine guns, they were not favored over the standard loadout. Only 200 models of this particular Corsair model were produced, out of the total 12,571. Other variants were capable of carrying mission specific weapons such as rockets and bombs. The F4U was able to carry up to a total of eight rockets, or four under each wing. It was able to carry up to four thousand pounds of explosive ordnance. This helped the the Corsair take on a fighter bomber role, giving it a more versatile role as a ground support aircraft as well as a fighter. 

In 2005, the state of CT officially recognized this plane as the state aircraft. This is due to the deep ties that CT has to Vought-Sikorsky, Hamilton Standard, and Pratt and Whitney. These were the companies that assembled the planes.