I ran across a book today at the Comox Air Force Museum:
Note this paragraph:
The H-3 had a 20mm cannon in the forward ventral position? Really? Anyone else have a book with stats on the He.111?
This diagram is for the H-16, and indicates a 20mm cannon in the forward nose position:
Dorsal turret with a 13mm MG, single 7.92mm MGs in the waist guns, and twin 7.92 MGs in the rear ventral position.
The interesting thing about this series of drawings is that the second one indicates a rear-view mirror to aim the fixed tail 7.92 MG. Now, this is indicated as an H-6 model, but were the tail guns fired by the Pilot? The second drawing certainly seems to indicate that:
The third drawing of the H-16 model indicates the tail MG is a twin gun. Not pointed out in the drawing, but there appears to be the same rear-view mirror on this plane, as in the above drawing.
This last image is for my records, for future reference in card production:
So, anybody want to jump in and add conflicting info for the H-3? Should the ventral MG actually be a 20mm Cannon?
Other thread discussions on the He.111 and firing arcs:
He.111 Firing Arcs
He.111 H3 gun question
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