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
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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
Beggers belief if you look at what was available internally to fix a cannon too....very little that wasn't already committed to something else that the airframe needed to fly!!
The Mossy was fitted with a QF 6 pounder Molins gun.Attachment 69836
Now that must have thrown the controls out of the pilots hands:lol:
I believe that some British Beauforts had the Bofors gun fitted for use in the anti shipping/submarine role.
As delivered, this configuration featured four 50 Cal. machine guns in the nose right above the cannon. Apparently you walked on your aim with the machine guns and then let go with the cannon.
Bob
The HS 219 HAD A 75MM also the ME 262 had longbrled 75mm the Mitchell also carried 12 x 50 cals up front in the AS role and jungle straffing
Well on the same thread............guns on aircraft, a stick of rock to whoever can tell me who these guys are and what they are looking at?
Looks like German MG-08 aircraft guns, no buttstock so they probably aren't balloon guns.
Are they looking a spent casing chute so the ejected brass didn't damage the aircraft?
No its not sorry, but yes they are German guns x 2...........its a bit of teaser I know, but a certain country whose members our on this site in good number will recognise the uniform and thereafter put two and two together.
Its a famous point in Military flying history thats my only clue!!;)
Again a guess, would this be the first capture of the German propeller synchronizer system by the British forces?
Von Richthofen's guns from his plane. Has to be Canadians?
You mean the HS129 ( Henschel Hs 129 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ) ? It was used in an anti-tank role on the Eastern Front.Quote:
Originally Posted by CINDERS
One variation:
http://airwar.ru/image/idop/aww2/hs129/hs129-10.jpg
I have seen pics of B-25s with eight 50's in the nose, four 50's on each side of the fuselage and the roof turret locked forward. That gives 18 guns - bound to ruin your day. IIRC, this was a field mod used against Japaneses shipping; it was said that a long burst would cut a Jap destroyer in half.... :move eek:
I originally put 129 and thought it wrong thats what happens when I do not consult my books yes it was used on the eastern front, other machines mounted the 2pdr Molins on the mossie, 2 x40mm on the Hunrricane, 2 x 37mm on the Stuka. I have seen footage of the 75mm being fired in the B 25 and it fairly makes the aircraft jump.
I have also seen the footage of the 50 cals on the 25 going off they had to reinforce the fuselage skin due to the blast from the muzzles that caused probelems. Even with it beefed up the side skin still compressed when the guns were fired, the horse power it delivered up front was awseome. Also in the clip was how they skip bombed the detonation usually happened on the 3rd skip primaraly used on Japanese shipping in small coves that torpedoes would be ineffective having the wrong angle when dropped.
War Pig, Partly right, yes it is Von Richoftens guns taken off his aircraft by Australian souvenir hunters as he crashed landed in tact in their sector. The photo shows two Aussie officers inspecting them, most probably Flying Corps, who made tracks to the site when they heard of his demise.
There are two official accounts of who killed Richoften, one being a Royal Naval pilot Officer called Brown, but this appears very unlikely, but one the RAF would like to have recognised as the right one.
The greater belief was a Sergeant Cedric Popkin who was the person most likely to have killed Richthofen. Popkin was an anti-aircraft (AA) machine gunner with the Australian 24th Machine Gun Company, and was using a Vickers gun. He fired at Richthofen's aircraft on two occasions, first as the Baron was heading straight at his position, and then at long range from the right.
Given the nature of Richthofen's wounds, Popkin was in a position to fire the fatal shot, when the pilot passed him for a second time, on the right.
Don't know why I wrote Canadians I know better. :banghead:
For those interested here's a link to an article on the subject.
http://net.lib.byu.edu/~rdh7/wwi/comment/richt.htm
After much investigation not that long ago it was decided ground fire caused the fatal wound, souvineer hunters stripped the plane bare very quickly once its provevence was known.
One of the great questions was where did the guns go? They disappeared and then re-appeared for pictures only to disappear for good. Even if they reappeared today, there would be no provenance and they couldn't be proven...I think. And THAT'S too bad.
I seem to recall, years ago, seeing a photograph of a Bofors gun mounted, experimentally, in the tail of a WW2 British bomber aircraft. I can't remember any other details of this other than I think it was only tried out on a single aircraft before the idea was dropped. One can imagine the extremely unpleasant surprise of any attacking German fighter pilot, expecting to be fired on by 2 or 4 .303 Brownings,only to be on the receiving end of multiple Bofors shells. Does any-one have any further details on this experimental aircraft, please?