War Thunder [Development] Martin 167-A3: American Mercenary

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[Development] Martin 167-A3: American Mercenary Posted: 01 Mar 2018 10:38 PM PST The Martin Model 167 is a twin-engined, all metal monoplane American medium bomber, developed by the Glenn L. Martin company in the late 1930s. Although the success of DB-7 prevented the aircraft to enter service with U.S. forces, it soon found its way to war-torn Europe, where it faithfully served with nations like France and the UK until the end of the war. Pilots may expect the Martin 167 A3 to reinforce the ranks of the Armée de l'Air in the upcoming update 1.77 "Advancing Storm"! The Martin Model 167 medium bomber was developed as a response to a set of requirements issued by the USAAC in 1938. Following these requirements, Martin developed its Model 167 bomber, which received its official testing designation of XA-22. However, despite showing favorable performance, the XA-22 lost out to the Douglas DB-7 (which became A-20 Havoc) during the competition, which resulted in Douglas getting the contract with the USAAC. What would usually spell disaster for most projects that suffered a fate like this, turned out to not to be the case for Martin's design. With an armed conflict looming over Europe, nations such as France and the UK were desperately stocking up with any military equipment that was on offer, including aircraft. France in particular was looking into buying any available aircraft from manufacturers abroad as the domestic production was limited. These manufacturers were in many cases American companies, just like Martin. In any case, the first orders for French export versions of Martin's new bomber soon came in, effectively sparing the project from ruin. The Martin 167-A3 will make its way to the first rank of the French air forces tree with the upcoming update 1.77 "Advancing Storm". Be sure to stay tuned to the news to stay up to date with the latest developments for War Thunder's next major update. Until then, pilots! For more information, read the full Dev Blog article on the Official War Thunder Forums![forum.warthunder.com]

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