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An Interesting Front Turret...
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 12:22 pm
by FoCoB17G
I have never seen this before. What is it? On 42-30758
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Re: An Interesting Front Turret...
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 12:32 pm
by FoCoB17G
While we're at it, how about this? 42-31435
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Re: An Interesting Front Turret...
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 6:06 pm
by varsity07840
FoCoB17G wrote:I have never seen this before. What is it? On 42-30758
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Standard ETO nose gun modification for mid to late production B-17Fs.
Re: An Interesting Front Turret...
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 6:09 pm
by varsity07840
FoCoB17G wrote:While we're at it, how about this? 42-31435
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Fixed guns, not a turret.
Re: An Interesting Front Turret...
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 9:07 pm
by FoCoB17G
varsity07840 wrote:FoCoB17G wrote:While we're at it, how about this? 42-31435
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Fixed guns, not a turret.
Why place fixed guns on a B-17? It's not suited for an attack role.
Re: An Interesting Front Turret...
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 10:42 pm
by varsity07840
FoCoB17G wrote:varsity07840 wrote:FoCoB17G wrote:While we're at it, how about this? 42-31435
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Fixed guns, not a turret.
Why place fixed guns on a B-17? It's not suited for an attack role.
To discourage head on attacks
Re: An Interesting Front Turret...
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 8:06 am
by FoCoB17G
Doesn't seem very practical. The attitude and vector of the aircraft can't be adjusted fast or accurate enough to stop an attack at a slightly higher altitude. If a fighter isn't directly in front of the guns 90 degrees to the wings at the perfect altitude it becomes useless.
My guess is this is why I haven't seen it before. This may be a one-off plane, no?
Re: An Interesting Front Turret...
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 11:15 am
by terveurn
been discussed almost every year
The 6-gun ship is West End
last time was in 2016
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