US 200 gallons drop tank center for P-47C. True ?

[Maxstuka]

Is it the real drop tank of standar P-47C? is really heavy !!!!
Krzysztof Malinowskis made a 200 gallons drop tank for this monsters P-47 but the N versions load this beast
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there are info in inglish, Please help me to understand.

http://p47.kitmaker.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=SquawkBox&file=index&req=viewtopic&topic_id=172919

The 75gal and 108gal are the standar for P47C-5?

[Captain Kurt]

The P-47C had no provision for a drop tank at all.

When the first D versions came out, the belly was redesigned to allow a mounting hardpoint for a center tank or bomb. Usually a 75 gallon or 110 gallon tank was used for combat. The 200 gallon tank was used for ferrying, not usually for combat, although I think the 56th FG used them to get enough range to keep using the P-47 rather than convert to Mustangs.

Later versions of the D (still the razorback design) had wing pylons added which could carry bombs or tanks.

[demorier]

They surprise me those old archive photo's and film...those belly tanks are slung so very close to the ground.