P-47/51 deflection shots into the belly of the German tanks, reality or fiction?

I think we might say that you are "assuming" that the pilots telling these
stories" assumed" this technique worked. right?

Arthur Kramer
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I don't assume anything. That's what the people have been saying so far.

Subject: P-47/51 deflection shots into the belly of the German tanks,
reality or fiction?
From: "Emmanuel Gustin"

Do you happen to know what the real kill rate was at Falaise? The
Typhoons were supposed to have just about wiped out every bit of useful
armour

The battlefield examination team found 33 armoured vehicles
that had been the victim of air attack. The original RAF and
USAF claim was for 391 -- about three times as much as the
total number of wrecked tanks and other vehicles on the
battlefield, and probably also about three times the number

The battlelfield examination team was made up of ground forces with a vested
interest in minimising the effectiveness of air attack vs artillery. According
to them air attack was near worthless. And we know that not to be true. Don't
believe everything you read.

Arthur Kramer
Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

Bruce Gamble's "Black Sheep" recounts an incident where an F4U strafed a PT
boat, knocking out an engine and killing three sailors. The twin .50 mount
gunner returned a "brief burst" shooting down the F4U. Effective weapon.


Chris Mark