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What kind of armaments did the p-51 mustang carry?

Machine guns

* Six .50 caliber M2 Browning machine guns, mounted in the wings. Each machine gun had 200 rounds of ammunition.

Bombs

* Up to 2,000 pounds of bombs, carried on external racks. The Mustang could carry a variety of bombs, including general-purpose bombs, fragmentation bombs, and armor-piercing bombs.

Rockets

* Up to eight 5-inch HVAR rockets, carried on external racks. The HVAR rocket was a high-velocity air-to-ground rocket that was used to attack enemy ground targets.

Napalm

* The Mustang could also carry napalm, a jellied gasoline that was used to create incendiary fires. Napalm was typically used to attack enemy airfields and industrial targets.