Quick Q on the B-25

[Kazaa]

I need confirmation, did it ever have a belly mounted gunner turret ?

Regards, Kazaa

[tedrbr]

Ball Gunner?  Yes some had a ventral gun, and it was retractable to try and cut drag at cruising speed.

B-25B dropped the tail gunner to add the dorsal and ventral guns.  

Some B-25's shown with dorsal turret and tail guns, but no ventral turret.

Most B-25's shown with a 50 mount on each flank.  Various numbers of .50's at the nose as well.

Part of the reason I started the "version" thread, I wanted to see how many different version of each plane still in the running was the one folks wanted to be added.

[Kazaa]

Thanks for the reply, mate

I'll go find that post asap.

[Trukk]

Originally posted by Kazaa
I need confirmation, did it ever have a belly mounted gunner turret ?

Yeah but it wasn't a ball turrent like the B-17/24.  The gunner sat in the fuselage and used a periscope contraption to aim the guns, but it didn't work that well and I've read that a bottle of Asprin was required as the gunners got headaches trying to use it.

[Kazaa]

I bet the guys at HTC would have a fun time modeling that one

[DaddyAck]

I would love to see the AHII B-25 in several variants.
I would for sure want the ground attack version as well as
the level bomber version.  But I am pulling mostly for the
He-111 in its most modern incarnation that had the 20mm in the nose
and 13mm everywhere else.