The P-61 Black Widow is a U.S. Army night fighter. Its name refers to a type of spider in the genus Latrodectus.[/b] The large twin-boom twin-propeller aircraft has two engines producing 2,000 hp each, and the nose is equipped with a radar dome. The body includes four 20-mm machine guns mounted on the underside, as well as a turret with four 12.7-mm guns on the upside and a bomb bay with a capacity for four 1,600-pound (about 720 kilograms) bombs, making for an aircraft with no weaponry blind spots. Meanwhile, the plane was agile for a twin-engine, though it could not attain the maneuverability of single-engine planes, and despite its strange outward appearance it was a well-rounded, superior machine.(kieyza drew its nose art for me. Thanks!)
