ENGLISH ELECTRIC P.22 WEAPONS LOAD
0 Ft 10
0 Mtr 3
EECo P.22 with 2 x Blue Vesta AAMs and 2 x Rocket Packs
EECo P.22 with 2 x MB.1 Genie Unguided Nuclear Rockets
EECo P.22 with 10 x Rocket Packs with up to 370 2in unguided rockets
Two Red Top
Two Microcell Pods
Te n Microcell Pods
Two AIR-2 Genie
Two Microcell Pods
Colour Key
Weapons Bay Closed, Weapons Stowed
Weapons Bay Open, Weapons Exposed
Weapons Open, Weapons Ready To Fire
P.22 with 2 x Blue Vesta AAMs + 2 x Microcell pods
P.22 with 2 x Douglas AIR-2 Genie unguided nuclear rockets
P.22 with 10 x Microcell pods with up to 370 x 2in (5cm) unguided rockets
2 x Red Top
AAMs + 2 x
Microcell pods
10 x Microcell
pods
2 x Douglas
AIR-2 Genie + 2 x
Microcell pods
Artwork © 2017 CHRIS GIBSON
BELOW The P.22 with weapons deployed, ready for launch.
The deployment sequence was as follows: bomb bay rotates
to expose weapons bay; trapeze lowers; weapon is launched;
trapeze retracts; bomb bay rotates to closed position.
LEFT & BELOW
Rotatable bomb-
bay sequence
with various
weapons loads.
n Weapons bay
closed, weapons
stored
n Weapons bay
open, weapons
exposed
n Weapons bay
open, weapons
ready to fire
The rotary bomb
bay proposed
for the P.
was based on a
design invented
and trademarked
by the Glenn L.
Martin company
in the USA, which
used the idea on
its experimental
three-engined
bomber/ground-
attack aircraft, the
XB-51, although
the type was
never put into
production.
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