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Martin AM Mauler
🇺🇸 United States ·first flew 1944· attack aircraft
5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Martin AM-1 NATC in flight: U.S. Navy· Public domain
- 2. Martin AM-1Q NAS Glenview: U.S. Navy· Public domain
- 3. Martin AM-1 Naval Aviation Museum: USN· Public domain
- 4. Martin AM-1 Mauler at NAS Patuxent River in August 1947: U.S. Navy· Public domain
- 5. Martin XBTM-1 Mauler at NAS Patuxent River in July 1947: U.S. Navy· Public domain
what is it?
The Martin AM Mauler (originally XBTM) is a single-seat carrier-based attack aircraft built for the United States Navy. Designed during World War II, the Mauler encountered development delays and did not enter service until 1948 in small numbers. The aircraft proved troublesome and remained in frontline service only until 1950, when the Navy switched to the smaller and simpler Douglas AD Skyraider.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · retractable tailwheel (taildragger) · 15.2 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 82 years ago, in 1944.
- Top speed is 4.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 15.2 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1944-08-26
- introduced
- 1948
- retired
- 1953
- status
- retired
- number built
- 151
- role
- attack aircraft
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- Glenn L. Martin Company
- engines
- 1× Pratt & Whitney R-4360-4 Wasp Major / R-4360-4 Wasp Major
- crew
- 1
- length
- 12.6 m
- wingspan
- 15.2 m
- height
- 5.1 m
- max take-off weight
- 11.7 t
- top speed
- 537 km/h
- cruise speed
- 304 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 8,230 m
- landing gear
- retractable conventional landing gear
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q94859, Wikipedia: Martin AM Mauler (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.