Drop Tank List: Difference between revisions

| Unknown || 120 gallons<ref name="ACL-FHUSF86EA-119120" /> || || || External || Pastushin Aviation<ref name="Proxibid">{{cite web |title=Korean War North American F-86 Sabre Drop Tank |url=http://www.proxibid.com/lotinformation/50390679/korean-war-north-american-f86-sabre-drop-tank |website=Proxibid |access-date=21 August 2026 |date=12 October 2019}}</ref>, Shin Meiwa Industry<ref name="Spennemann">{{cite web |last1=Spennemann |first1=Dirk H.R. |title=Secondary Use of Artefacts and the Development of a New Historical Context: An Example of the Jet Age |url=http://marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/B24/Drop_Tanks.html |website=Digital Micronesia |access-date=26 March 2024 |date=1995}}</ref> || F-86E<ref name="ACL-FHUSF86EA-119120" /> || Type I (knockdown kit, not in-flight refuellable, fuel dumping system)<ref name="ACL-FHUSF86EA-119120" /><ref name="VMFA251-FHNMFJ3A-95" />{{efn|name=type|The "type" of F-86/FJ drop tanks is unrelated to capacity. Any type can be any capacity. It instead describes whether they come preassembled and/or can be refueled in flight.<ref name="ACL-FHUSF86EA-119120">{{cite book |title=Flight Handbook USAF Series F-86E Aircraft |date=26 November 1956 |pages=1-19–1-20 |url=http://app.aircorpslibrary.com/document/viewer/jan28f86ssch3 |access-date=21 August 2026}}</ref><ref name="VMFA251-FHNMFJ3A-95">{{cite book |title=Flight Handbook: Navy Model FJ-3, FJ-3M Aircraft |date=1 August 1957 |page=95 |url=http://www.vmfa251.org/pdffiles/Fury%20Manual.pdf |access-date=20 October 2026 |via=VMFA-251}}</ref>}}; manufacturer's part number 136-10000-1<ref name="Proxibid" /> or 223-0000<ref name="Spennemann" /> or ''possibly'' 161-48250-31{{efn|This part number refers to a 120 gallon tank. It is presumed to be either a type I or type II based on the fact that the illustrations in the manual show a tank that can be disassembled into sections. It is stated to have been superseded by 172-48250, which could correspond to a type II, type III or type IV depending on whether the improvement that prompted the transition to the latter was in-flight refueling capability or pre-assembly. Note that North American's "161" charge code refers to the F-86A, while "172" refers to the F-86F-1 through F-86F-15.}}<ref name="ACL-IPBUSF86EA-5255">{{cite book |title=Illustrated Parts Breakdown: USAF Series F-86E Aircraft |date=11 November 1955 |pages=52–55 |url=http://app.aircorpslibrary.com/document/viewer/jan28f86ssch2 |access-date=21 August 2026}}</ref>; a key recognition feature for distinguishing between the 120 and 200 gallon tanks is that the tail fins meet in the middle behind the tank proper on the former, while they do not on the latter.

| Unknown || 120 gallons<ref name="ACL-FHUSF86EA-119120" /> || || || External ||  || F-86E<ref name="ACL-FHUSF86EA-119120" /> || Type II (knockdown kit, in-flight refuellable, no fuel dumping system)<ref name="ACL-FHUSF86EA-119120" /><ref name="VMFA251-FHNMFJ3A-95" />{{efn|name=type}}

| Unknown || 200 gallons<ref name="ACL-FHUSF86EA-119120" /> || || || External ||  || F-86E-15<ref name="ACL-FHUSF86EA-119120" /> || Type I (knockdown kit, not in-flight refuellable, fuel dumping system)<ref name="ACL-FHUSF86EA-119120" /><ref name="VMFA251-FHNMFJ3A-95" />{{efn|name=type}}; manufacturer's part number ''possibly'' 176-48250-1{{efn|Left and right hand tank part numbers are identical except for the final digit being a "1" and "2", respectively.}}{{efn|This part number refers to a 200 gallon tank. It is presumed to be either a type I or type II based on the fact that the illustrations in the manual show a tank that can be disassembled into sections. It is stated to have been superseded by 176-48250-31, which could correspond to a type II, type III or type IV depending on whether the improvement that prompted the transition to the latter was in-flight refueling capability or pre-assembly. Note that North American's "176" charge code refers to the F-86F-20 and -25.}}<ref name="ACL-IPBUSF86EA-5255" />

| Unknown || 200 gallons<ref name="ACL-FHUSF86EA-119120" /> || || || External ||  || F-86E-15<ref name="ACL-FHUSF86EA-119120" /> || Type II (knockdown kit, in-flight refuellable, no fuel dumping system)<ref name="ACL-FHUSF86EA-119120" /><ref name="VMFA251-FHNMFJ3A-95" />{{efn|name=type}}