The Martin PBM Mariner is a twin-engine American patrol bomber flying boat of World War II and the early Cold War era. It was designed to complement the Consolidated PBY Catalina and PB2Y Coronado in service.

In 1944, the final version of the Mariner, the PBM-5, entered service. This model included upgraded radios, turrets, and radar, in addition to new R-2800 engines that were more reliable than the troublesome R-2600s installed on the PBM-3. One of the most innovative features of this version was the provision for Jet Assisted Takeoff (JATO) bottles.

The most numerous Mariner model was the PBM-5, with 667 aircraft being produced during the war following two XPBM-5 prototypes. This aircraft was intended as a patrol bomber and torpedo plane, in the latter role carrying four MK 13 torpedoes in its …

2024年7月27日 · Martin PBM Mariners saw combat in World War II and the Korean War. They’ve engaged in combat against the communists of both China and the Soviet Union outside of declared hostilities. Yet, try to find a single PBM in a movie. A PBM-5 Mariner patrol bomber takes off from Naval Air Station Bermuda in March 1951.

当换装更为强劲的2100马力惠特尼 r-2800-34双黄蜂引擎后，型号被称为pbm-5，在二战结束之前，建造了589架。 以喷射推进器助推方式起飞的水手 ——加装喷射推进器以后，PBM 水手特别适合喷射助推方式短距离起飞；

the 36 amphibian PBM-5A’s built after WW II were used by VR-21 to administer the newly formed Mariana’s Trust Territory in the Central Pacific. Most PBM pilots and aircrewmen through 1944 took tran-sitional PBM training at Banana River Naval Air Station, which was commissioned near Cocoa, Florida, in 1940. The

2018年5月21日 · The PBM-5 saw production reach 628 units and carried 2 x Pratt & Whitney R3350 series engines of 2,100 horsepower each. This model had several subvariants in the improved PBM-5E (with better radar), the PBM-5S (an improved submarine hunter) and the PBM-5S2 (another improved submarine hunter, also with better radar).

The PBM-5A is the last version of the Mariner built for the U.S. Navy by the Martin Company. The type was first built in 1937 and production continued until April 1949 when the last PBM-5A was completed.

The PBM Mariner series flying boat was designed in 1939 and manufactured by the Glenn L. Martin Company, Baltimore, Maryland, between 1940 and 1949. There were four primary models in the series, PBM-1, PBM-3, PBM-5, and PBM-5A.

2011年7月7日 · PBM-5 Mariner. The PBM Mariner never achieved the popularity of the PBY Catalina. Marin's PBM Mariner offered considerably greater military capability at the expense of increase...