XA-26A   Specifications Armament: 1 No 20mm cannon in ventral blister tray.

	XA-26B   Specifications Armament: 1 No 75mm cannon in modified nose.

	A-26B   Specifications Armament: Eight mounted .50-cal machine guns in nose Two .50-cal. machine guns in a dorsal barbette Two .50-cal. machine guns in a ventral barbette (sometimes omitted in favor of an extra fuel cell) Six .50-cal. machine guns in the wings 6,000 lbs. of bombs (4,000 lbs. internal and 2,000 lbs. external on wing racks) 14 5-inch rockets could be carried in place of the wing-mounted bombs.

	A-26C   Specifications Armament: Two .50-cal. machine guns in a dorsal barbette Two .50-cal. machine guns in a ventral barbette (sometimes omitted in favor of an extra fuel cell) Six .50-cal. machine guns in the wings 6,000 lbs. of bombs (4,000 lbs. internal and 2,000 lbs. external on wing racks) 14 5-inch rockets could be carried in place of the wing-mounted bombs.

	B-26B ( Korea )   Specifications Armament: Two .50-cal. machine guns in a dorsal barbette. Two .50-cal. machine guns in a ventral barbette (sometimes omitted in favor of an extra fuel cell). Eight forward-firing .50-cal. machine guns in the nose. Six .50-cal. machine guns in the wings. Provisions for 6,000 lbs. of bombs (4,000 lbs. internal and 2,000 lbs. external on wing racks) 14 5-in. rockets could be carried in place of the wing-mounted bombs.

	B-26B ( Vietnam )   Specifications Armament: Two .50-cal. machine guns in a dorsal barbette Two .50-cal. machine guns in a ventral barbette (sometimes omitted in favor of an extra fuel cell) Eight forward-firing .50-cal. machine guns in the nose. Six .50-cal. machine guns in the wings. Provisions for 6,000 lbs. of bombs (4,000 lbs. internal and 2,000 lbs. external on wing racks). 14 5-inch rockets could be carried in place of the wing-mounted bombs

	CB-26B   Specifications Armament: Two .50-cal. machine guns in a dorsal barbette Two .50-cal. machine guns in a ventral barbette (sometimes omitted in favor of an extra fuel cell). Eight forward firing .50-cal. machine guns in the nose. Six .50-cal. machine guns in the wings. Provisions for 6,000 lbs. of bombs (4,000 lbs. internal and 2,000 lbs. external on wing racks). 14 5-inch rockets could be carried in place of the wing-mounted bombs

	B-26C ( Korea )   Specifications  Armament: Highly variable - Two forward-firing .50-cal. machine guns. Two turrets with two .50-cal. machine guns each. Provision for 6000 Ibs of bombs internally (4,000 lbs. maximum) and under wings (2,000 lbs. maximum)

	B-26C ( Air National Guard ) Specifications Armament: Highly variable - Two forward-firing .50-cal. machine guns Two turrets with two .50-cal. machine guns. Provision for 6000 Ibs of bombs carried bombs internally (4,000 lbs. maximum) and under wings (2,000 lbs. maximum)

	FA-26C   Specifications Armament: None - Some FA-26Cs were equipped with photo flash bombs for night photography

	RB-26C    Specifications   Armament: None, usually. Some aircraft were equipped with: 6,000 lbs. of bombs (4,000 lbs. internal and 2,000 lbs. external on wing racks) 14 5-inch rockets could be carried in place of the wing-mounted bombs. The bomb bay could be loaded with photo flash bombs for night photography. In detail: The RB-26C had a plexi glass nose but with an optically flat panel to the right of the bomb sight main centre panel for the K-38 camera in a forward oblique position. Specially modified bomb bay doors were installed with openings for the camera lenses and the photoflash cartridge dispensers. the special pallet in the bomb bay supported the installation of five cameras and the photo flash cartridge dispensers for night photography. The camers included the K-17 or KA-2 with a six inch focal length lens, two F-477 day or night cameras with a twelve inch focal length lens and two K-38 or KA-2 cameras with a twelve in focal length lens in the vertical position. Note: In 1960 the French Air Force converted fifteen RB-26C Invaders to encorpoate six French made cameras. These included one Omera 30 camera, two Omera 31 cameras and three Sephot-Omera 11 cameras. In addition the rectangular window on the port side was modified.   Note: The cameras for a Korean War era RB-26C would not be in the bomb bay. There was a side looking camera in the nose that pointed out the left side. There is a large camera window cut out with a wind deflector on the leading edge. The vertical, and split vertical cameras were located aft of the bomb bay. They replaced the rear ventral turret. The bomb bay had photo flash bombs. The RB-26s also had a different wing pylon than the ones used by regular B-26s to carry the bombs. It wss deeper and with a rounded bottom. The RB-26Cs did not carry the dorsal turret but instead had a fuel tank in that position. Early B-26Cs had a provision for a nose mounted gun and the added section covered the opening.  These aircraft also had a pychrometer ( a device used to monitor heat indext ) to the right side of the nose.

	RB-26L   Specifications Armament: Two .50-cal. machine guns in a dorsal barbette Two .50-cal. machine guns in a ventral barbette (sometimes omitted in favor of an extra fuel cell) Eight forward firing .50-cal. machine guns in the nose Six .50-cal. machine guns in the wings 6,000 lbs. of bombs (4,000 lbs. internal and 2,000 lbs. external on wing racks) 14 5-inch rockets could be carried in place of the wing-mounted bombs

	DB-26B   Specifications Armament: None (DB-26B carried two Q-2A Firebee drones)

	EB-26B ( Aircraft used for missile guidance research only )   Specifications Armament: None

	FA-26C-26C ( 1945, night recon aircraft with cameras and radar )   Armament: None - some FA-26Cs were equipped with photo flash bombs for night photography

	RB-26C   Specifications   Armament: None, usually. Some aircraft were equipped with: 6,000 lbs. of bombs (4,000 lbs. internal and 2,000 lbs. external on wing racks) 14 5-inch rockets could be carried in place of the wing-mounted bombs. The bomb bay could be loaded with photo flash bombs for night photography.

	EB-26B/C ( Aircraft used for missile guidance research )   Armament: None

	On Mark B-26K ( A-26A ) Counter Invader Specifications Armament Eight forward-firing 0.50-inch machine guns in nose Six forward-firing 0.50-inch machine guns in the wings. Ordinance 2 No - SUU-025 flare dispensers 2 No - LAU-3A rocket pods 4 No. CBU-14 cluster bomb units. Note: Later, the rockets and flares were often replaced by 500-lb BLU-23 or 750-lb BLU-37 finned napalm bombs. Additional inventory: M31 and M32 incendiary clusters M34 and M35 incendiary bombs M1A4 fragmentation clusters M47 white phosphorus bombs CBU-24, -25, -29 and -49 cluster bomb units Note: General-purpose bombs such as the 250-lb Mk. 81, the 500-lb Mk. 82 and 750-lb M117 could also be carried.

	On Mark Marksman 44-34415 AKA Blue Goose It has been rumoured that apart from low level cargo drops undertaken using the purpose made cargo door on this aircraft, various munitions were also dropped via this door, in the form of parachute assisted cluster bombs, on covert CIA missions. Also CIA crew were known to fire from the cargo door when passing over sensitive areas.

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