heres an interesting b-25 gun nose video from the dark skies channel. enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmyVtoPZ_KI
heres an interesting b-25 gun nose video from the dark skies channel. enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmyVtoPZ_KI
Nice footage!
****e commentary
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
winner of the "just how many machine guns can you put on one plane"
Thanks Philip
This reminded me of a past project: B-25H
I did up equipment cards for the 75mm nose and the J-2 nose, but I may have gotten some of it wrong. A standard B-25H would have a single .50 cal nose gun (one A damage chit). If it has the quad .50 cal cheek mounts, that should be two B damage chits, and with a J-2 Straffer nose six B damage chits (replacing the single .50 cal bombadier-controlled mg), and if the dorsal turret is firing in concert, seven B damage chits. Or do I have that wrong?
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
Were the cheek guns on US medium bombers (B-25, B-26, A-20) effective in air-to-air combat? I understood they were intended for strafing. I don't think the pilot had a gun sight.
They certainly weren't "defensive" armament, as the commentary stated they were!
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
Not really. Generally speaking, the pilot had a lot of other things on his mind then lining up a shot at a opposing fighter. I can't recall reading of any medium vs medium bomber actions either (like the B-24 vs He.117 actions),
though I suppose that could happen.
My house rule is that these guns can fire a straight line forward, same level; if some poor sap gets in the way, well war is hell.
Karl
It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus
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