Nose Jobs - B 17 F six-gun chin turret.jpg (1/1)

[Mitchell Holman[_9_]]

[Bob (not my real pseudonym)[_2_]]

Golly.

[Mitchell Holman[_9_]]

DAN > wrote in
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> Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
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>>Golly.
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> Yes, I was imagining this monster making a straffing pass at a hapless
> truck convoy...
>


Looks like it would run out of ammo in a hurry.

[john szalay]

Mitchell Holman > wrote in
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> DAN > wrote in
> :
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>> Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
>>
>>>Golly.
>>
>> Yes, I was imagining this monster making a straffing pass at a hapless
>> truck convoy...
>>
>
>
> Looks like it would run out of ammo in a hurry.
>
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rare occasions for straffing pass by large bombers. (attack bombers such
as B-25 & B-26 or A-20s excluded)

head-on attacks by enemy fighters tended to be extremly fast with
high closing rates at a very vulnerable part of the large bombers.
thats the reason for the chin turrets. but firing time would be short

[Bob (not my real pseudonym)[_2_]]

On Thu, 27 Apr 2017 07:25:48 -0500, Mitchell Holman
> wrote:

>DAN > wrote in
:
>
>> Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
>>
>>>Golly.
>>
>> Yes, I was imagining this monster making a straffing pass at a hapless
>> truck convoy...
>>
>
>
> Looks like it would run out of ammo in a hurry.

Before or after recoil brings the B-17 to a... hover?