VQ Models - P-47B Touch of Texas - SS Series (50 Size)The Republic P 47B 'Touch of Texas' was a World War II era fighter aircraft produced by the United States from 1941 through 1945. Its primary armament was eight . 50 caliber machine guns and in the fighter bomber ground attack role it could carry five inch rockets or a bomb load of 2,500 pounds (1,103 kg). When fully loaded the P 47D weighed up to eight tons (tonnes) making it one of the heaviest fighters of the war. The P 47D was designed around the