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 == Description ==
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-The B-10B was a first bomber with all metal monoplane airframe, closed cockpit and rotating gun turrets. It was also first mass-produced bomber that was faster than contemporary fighter aircraft. The B-10 had its first flight on 16th February 1932 and caused revolution in bomber design for the future, where all future designs featured things from B-10 such as retractable landing gear, internal bomb bay, full engine cowling and more. Production ended after 348 B-10 and its variants were made in 1940. US Air force ordered 103 aircraft in 1935 with all delivered by 1936, after that it permitted export of the B-10. Operator countries included 37 aircraft serving in Argentinian Navy and Army Aviation Service, 9 were delivered to Chinese Nationalist Air Force in 1937, Thailand recieved 6 aircraft which they used in war with France during 1940, Turkish with 20 aircraft and Netherlands with 9.
+The B-10B was the first bomber with an all-metal monoplane airframe, closed cockpit, and rotating gun turrets. It was also the first mass-produced bomber that was faster than contemporary fighter aircraft. The B-10 had its first flight on 16th February 1932 and caused a revolution in bomber design, where all future designs featured elements of the B-10 such as retractable landing gear, internal bomb bay, and full engine cowling. Production ended after 348 B-10s and its variants were made in 1940. The US Air force ordered 103 aircraft in 1935, all delivered by 1936. After that, export of the B-10 was permitted. Operator countries included 37 aircraft serving in Argentinian Navy and Army Aviation Service, 9 were delivered to Chinese Nationalist Air Force in 1937, Thailand received 6 aircraft which they used in the war with France during 1940, Turkey with 20 aircraft and Netherlands with 9.
-It was introduced to War Thunder in [[Update 1.67 "Assault"]] as a premium aircraft. The B-10 have great bomb load when compared with other bombers of its rank and battle rating, unfortunately it also faces more advanced planes that are faster than it. The B-10 is quite manoeuverable in horizontal, which could be utilized to perform defensive manoeuvers against attacking aircraft.
+Introduced in [[Update 1.67 "Assault"]] as a premium aircraft, the B-10 has great bomb load when compared with other bombers of its rank and battle rating, unfortunately it also faces more advanced planes that are faster than it. The B-10 is quite manoeuvrable in the horizontal, which can be utilized to perform defensive manoeuvres against attacking aircraft.
 == General info ==

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 == Description ==
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-The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a premium rank {{Specs|rank}} American bomber {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update 1.67 "Assault"]].
+The B-10B was a first bomber with all metal monoplane airframe, closed cockpit and rotating gun turrets. It was also first mass-produced bomber that was faster than contemporary fighter aircraft. The B-10 had its first flight on 16th February 1932 and caused revolution in bomber design for the future, where all future designs featured things from B-10 such as retractable landing gear, internal bomb bay, full engine cowling and more. Production ended after 348 B-10 and its variants were made in 1940. US Air force ordered 103 aircraft in 1935 with all delivered by 1936, after that it permitted export of the B-10. Operator countries included 37 aircraft serving in Argentinian Navy and Army Aviation Service, 9 were delivered to Chinese Nationalist Air Force in 1937, Thailand recieved 6 aircraft which they used in war with France during 1940, Turkish with 20 aircraft and Netherlands with 9.
 == General info ==

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		+	\| link = Martin 139 (Family)
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 == Usage in battles ==
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-[[File:B-10B, engaging.jpg||400px|thumb|B-10B Engaging a Bf-109]]
+[[File:B-10B, engaging.jpg||400px|thumb|B-10B Engaging a Bf 109]]
 As a bomber, the B-10B does the job well. It can easily reach bombing points before interception and can level a base with a single 2,000 lb bomb, and can then turn away and return to base to rearm. If enemy fighters are at altitude, consider using clouds for cover, or entering a shallow dive towards friendly fighters, or the airfield.

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 * It's a large target, and even though the critical components are hard to hit individually, the large wings and tail will accumulate damage over time
-* Despite its comparatively good speed, most Axis and Russian aircraft can catch up to it easily
+* Despite its comparatively good speed, most Axis and Soviet aircraft can catch up to it easily
 * Unlike its younger brother, the [[B-18A]], the B-10's rear gunners have a slightly restricted field of view over the tail, where the gunners can't fire

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 == Media ==
-''Excellent additions to the article would be video guides, screenshots from the game, and photos.''
+<!-- ''Excellent additions to the article would be video guides, screenshots from the game, and photos.'' -->
 == See also ==
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 * ''reference to the series of the aircraft;''
 * ''links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.'' -->
 ;Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
+* Tupolev [[SB 2M (Family)|SB 2M]]
-* Tupolev [[SB 2M (Family)|SB]]
+* [[Martin 167-A3]] Maryland
-* Martin [[Martin 167-A3|167]] Maryland
+* Mitsubishi [[Ki-21 (Family)|Ki-21]]
-* Mitsubishi [[Ki-21-Ia|Ki-21]]
+* Heinkel [[He 111 H-3]]
-* Heinkel [[He 111 H-3|He 111]]
+* Fiat [[BR.20 DR]]
 == External links ==
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 * ''topic on the official game forum;''
 * ''other literature.''-->

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 ! Combat !! Take-off !! Landing !! + !! -
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-| {{Specs|destruction|body}} || {{Specs|destruction|gear}} || 340 || 340 || 235 || ~6 || ~3
+| {{Specs|destruction|body}} || {{Specs|destruction|gear}} || 328 || 313 || 235 || ~7 || ~3
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 == General info ==
 === Flight performance ===
 <!-- ''Describe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Speed, manoeuvrability, acceleration and allowable loads - these are the most important characteristics of the vehicle.'' -->
 The B-10B might come across as fairly mediocre, it accelerates fairly slowly, doesn't have WEP in RB and SB modes, and cruises at altitude at around 280 km/h, which is faster than several contemporary bombers, but isn't overly impressive. However, it is incredibly manoeuvrable for a bomber, it can out-turn most Axis monoplane fighters excluding the Japanese, and can safely deploy flaps for most defensive manoeuvres, and turns very well horizontally but not so much vertically. It, of course, can't out turn biplanes, but can outrun most of them in a shallow dive.
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 === Survivability and armour ===
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 The B-10B lacks any armour protection, but it is surprisingly durable, not only because it most often fights aircraft only armed with machine guns, but also because most of the wing area is empty of any fuel tanks. The fuel tanks are located between the engines and the fuselage which is an area rarely hit. The B-10 also can run on one engine but only if other areas aren't too heavily damaged: being a generally large and slow aircraft it suffers from drag caused by structural damage substantially, meaning it can destabilise and fall out of the sky if an engine is damaged as well.
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 The crew additionally are fairly vulnerable, the pilot notably is very exposed, being positioned quite high up on the fuselage, the tail gunner as well catches a lot of fire, but due to the B-10's manoeuvrability, the crew become very hard targets to hit while the aircraft is flying defensively.
 == Armaments ==
 === Suspended armament ===
 <!-- ''Describe the aircraft's suspended armament: additional cannons under the wings, bombs, rockets and torpedoes. This section is especially important for bombers and attackers. If there is no suspended weaponry remove this subsection.'' -->
 {{main|AN-M57 (250 lb)|AN-M64A1 (500 lb)|AN-M65A1 (1,000 lb)|AN-M66A2 (2,000 lb)}}
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 === Defensive armament ===
 <!-- ''Defensive armament with turret machine guns or cannons, crewed by gunners. Examine the number of gunners and what belts or drums are better to use. If defensive weaponry is not available, remove this subsection.'' -->
 {{main|Browning (7.62 mm)}}