Originally posted by funked:
Sundog, don't be silly. A single A-26B carries the firepower of two puny Mosquitos. 
Well if we're talking forward firing guns rather than bomb load, the Mossie has 4 20mm and 4 .303s. If 1x 20mm = 3x .5, and 2x .303s = 1x .5, then forward firepower of Mossie = 14x .5
Of course, if you're going to add in ammo load and bomb load I'd better shut up.
As to the Tempest II, it depends how you classify it. The first production model was completed in Oct 44, and nearly 200 had been made by the end of the war. If that had been a Luftwaffe plane it would have been in service by Jan45.
[This message has been edited by Nashwan (edited 06-10-2000).]
