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Offline Yossarian

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A request for: 5" Air-to-ground rockets on B-25s
« on: June 11, 2008, 04:09:10 PM »
So, there was this thread the other day about the rockets on Typhoons, and someone posted a link in it to another website.  I scrolled down this page, and found a picture of a B-25 being loaded up with several 5-inch rockets.  I searched this on Google recently, and found several other results confirming that these rockets were used by B-25Hs during the war.

Scroll down on this one, and it says that B-25Hs could carry 8x 5-inch rockets on underwing hardpoints:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~fbonne/warbirds/ww2htmls/nortb25.html

If you scroll down on this website, it also states that B-25Hs could carry: "Eight 5-inch rockets under the outer wing panels.":
http://www.uboat.net/allies/aircraft/b25.htm

This website also says that B-25Hs could carry HVAR rockets:
http://everything2.com/node/1392656

This website also says that the B-25H could be loaded with: "Rockets: up to 8 x 5 in (12.7mm)":
http://www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com/B-25.html


Here's the post from which I got the original website and idea for this topic:


Here's the website itself:
http://www.tarrif.net/wwii/guides/a2g_rockets_2.htm

Here's the picture of the rockets being loaded onto a B-25 (from that website, you need to scroll down to see it):


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Re: A request for: 5" Air-to-ground rockets on B-25s
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2008, 04:55:28 PM »
Sure, I'd like to see 'em on the B-25...
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Re: A request for: 5" Air-to-ground rockets on B-25s
« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2008, 07:23:40 PM »
The current ordnance system is maxed out.  Until it's been revamped with the perked ordance system, we will not be seeing additional ordnance loadouts like 5 inch rockets or torps for the B-25H.  Pyro made the statement in another thread, use the search function to find it for a better and more detailed explanation.


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Re: A request for: 5" Air-to-ground rockets on B-25s
« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2008, 08:01:31 PM »
The current ordnance system is maxed out.  Until it's been revamped with the perked ordance system, we will not be seeing additional ordnance loadouts like 5 inch rockets or torps for the B-25H.  Pyro made the statement in another thread, use the search function to find it for a better and more detailed explanation.


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Re: A request for: 5" Air-to-ground rockets on B-25s
« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2008, 06:23:48 AM »
Ok, just found it:

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,213402.0.html

Pyro's post is on the second page.

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Re: A request for: 5" Air-to-ground rockets on B-25s
« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2008, 01:06:34 PM »
i love my 25s, mainly against gvs and small vessels or marine gvs, this would do me good  :D

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Re: A request for: 5" Air-to-ground rockets on B-25s
« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2008, 08:57:07 PM »
Here are some pictures of B25H with rockets.