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Offline TDeacon

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« on: September 12, 2005, 07:40:53 PM »
From the WWII in Color website:

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Offline KTM520guy

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« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2005, 08:22:07 PM »
SWEET!!!!
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« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2005, 12:12:58 AM »
Bet that scared some cats ;)
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« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2005, 03:52:09 AM »
HOLY BUJESUS!! LSDKJSLD{IGJ GNEEEDS DE FIGGIN MITCHELL NOW!!!! NEEDZ TEH L33T MITCHELL!!!!
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Offline Angus

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« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2005, 05:59:12 AM »
50 cals are frigging noisy!
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« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2005, 06:43:37 AM »
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50 cals are frigging noisy!


Congrats, you just won the 'Understatement of the Century' award.
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Offline frank3

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« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2005, 11:52:48 AM »
This seems to be some kind of attacker version of the B-25, look at the .50's in the glass nose, I don't think the normal version had it?
It might have 8 x .50's in the nose (included side-mg's) + 1 x .50 for the bombardier and 2 x .50 in the top-turret

That comes down to 11 offensive machine guns!

I would fly that ;)
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Offline Krusty

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« Reply #7 on: September 13, 2005, 01:46:10 PM »
Probably a special customization job in the field, with the top turret locked forward. I don't know if there would be a bombadier (mostly these things were for low level attacks, with all the guns firing forward). Probably removed the bombadier to make room for the 4x50cal in the nose and to save weight. If the top turret was locked in place, also, then it might have been an early version that inspired the solid nose of later models.
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« Reply #8 on: September 13, 2005, 02:58:31 PM »
how cute, the noob hasnt figured out how to start engines yet.
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Offline Krusty

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« Reply #9 on: September 13, 2005, 03:24:07 PM »
And he's shooting on the runway, lol! He'll learn about KS the second he pings a teammate with 10x50cals!
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« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2005, 04:44:48 PM »
That is the standard glass-nosed  configuration from the D-5 series onward. The cheek guns were added as part of the Pappy Gunn modiifcations with the C/Ds and became standard. The dorsal turret was moved forward with the H. This is a standard J model as far as I can tell, bombadier included. The "strafer" solid nose J had 8 in the nose, 4 on the cheek and 2 in the turret for a total of 14 fwd firing .50s. The cheek guns were removed on occasion beacuse it was somewhat "overkill."

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Offline Krusty

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« Reply #11 on: September 14, 2005, 12:15:30 AM »
Charon, look at the picture more carefully. The glass nose has 4 extra 50cal barrels protruding from it. This is not the standard glass nose, as you say :)
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« Reply #12 on: September 14, 2005, 01:23:53 AM »
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Originally posted by frank3
This seems to be some kind of attacker version of the B-25, look at the .50's in the glass nose, I don't think the normal version had it?
It might have 8 x .50's in the nose (included side-mg's) + 1 x .50 for the bombardier and 2 x .50 in the top-turret

That comes down to 11 offensive machine guns!

I would fly that ;)


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Offline Furball

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« Reply #13 on: September 14, 2005, 04:16:42 PM »
did bomb aimers on B-25's often suffer with hearing problems?
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Offline Krusty

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« Reply #14 on: September 14, 2005, 08:32:55 PM »
Those guns aren't there on most B25s, so I'd bet "no". The cheek guns and a single flex mount nose gun were standard for the glass nose bomber.
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