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Historic photograph from between the First and Second Imperial Wars. Here we see a prototype of Martin Aerospace Incorporated’s B-10 doing a demonstration flight from Krakopolis to Baikerbanur.

• When a senator’s daughter was taking a vacation in Heinkel, she accidentally witnessed agents from Heinkel’s Intelligence Bureau murder someone that was later smeared as an armed terrorist by the state-controlled media and the Chancellor himself. Once she told her father about the ordeal, he convinced the legislature to cut a check to whoever would make a new bomber in the likely event a war broke out. Soon enough, Martin Aerospace Incorporated took the job.
• As the first all-metal monoplane bomber, it changed how bombers would be designed forever. It could outrun biplane fighters yet carry more ordinance, and its speed was comparable to biplane fighters of its time. Of course, it wasn’t until after the Second Imperial Wars actually broke out when the B-10 was proven next to useless.
• Dozens of B-10s were exported to Nye Island in the early days of the Second Imperial Wars. While they were effective against Heinkelian infantry, they were easy prey to air attacks. Once other companies under Allied control rolled out larger, more effective bombers, no more B-10s were produced.

Only one antique airframe exists on Kerbin, and it is on static display in the Super-Cool Aircraft Museum in Krakopolis.

The B-10 on display in the SPH.

• Due to the fat fuselage and oddly-shaped nose on the real-life B-10, I had to stack a second fuel tank underneath the front cockpit with a somewhat pointy nose and a Tail Connector A. For the main fuselage’s nose, I went for something a bit flatter - and added a Communotron 16-S antenna to simulate a nose turret.
• After some research about the aircraft - as well as trying out a B-10 in Air RB battles in War Thunder - I included rear guns on the top and bottom of the fuselage. Unfortunately, the bomber’s turret configuration leaves it vulnerable to head-on and sideways attacks from underneath.

By the way, the actual B-10 had an internal bomb bay.

• Since the actual B-10 is confirmed to have variable-pitch propellers (Source: Wikipedia), I did the same thing for these propellers here.
• As a last-minute aesthetic change, I added a decoupler to mimic the ring that’s behind the support beam on the fuselage.

Image of the B-10 on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, OH.

• Image taken from museum website.

Another historic photograph involving a B-10. This one has two Nye Island airmen standing in front of it before they’re ready for gunner training.

The B-10 flying over Kerbin’s oceans during its range demonstration flight.

• For some reason, this was the only photograph that was colorized. It is speculated that the person in charge of this was on a tight budget and decided that this action shot was the best one.

Picture of a B-10 resting in the desert after a mission.