Unbelievable until you see it, the recoil on the airframe must have been amazing:
B25 G Bombers w/ 75MM M4 Cannon on a Combat Mission WW2 USAAF Aerial Action Footage - YouTube
Printable View
Unbelievable until you see it, the recoil on the airframe must have been amazing:
B25 G Bombers w/ 75MM M4 Cannon on a Combat Mission WW2 USAAF Aerial Action Footage - YouTube
Puff's grandpa....Thud.
As a retired infantry soldier I have always been a fan of aircraft that shows up on station with artillery fitted.
Very handy when they're hidden between the rows in the grape fields...Quote:
Originally Posted by Sentryduty
And they weren't even good tasting grapes either, almost bitter.Quote:
Originally Posted by browningautorifle
That's too bad too...maybe it was the fertilizer they use.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sentryduty
Hummm.....seven rounds apiece in 30 seconds . That's some fast shooting.
Chris
Personally, I would think those 75mm equipped Mitchell bombers would be very good at an anti-shipping role, and better suited than against ground targets. The present day AC-130 Spectre gunships have the cannon mounted in the side so that it orbits the target to engage instead of making a straight-in gun run as the Mitchells obviously did.
Having personally benefited from interventions from AC-47 Spooky and AC-119 Shadow aircraft I can tell you that their orbit engagements were efficient and effective.
Japanese shipping mostly. Often freighters and troop ships. Should be quite a bit of old film footage available.
Yes they were designed for that A S role also look at the one that had I think 12 50 cals in the nose for GA role. The Germans had a long barreled 75mm on I think the HS 129
also they mounted a 75mm on the ME 262 which required a counter weighted tail