Cannon Fighter Concept

[tunnelrat]

Very interesting read, tying in World War 2 concepts with modern day warfare trends:

http://www.combatreform.org/cannonfighter.htm

[Rich52]

Nice find.

[Tank-Ace]

Cool read, but I think the article takes things a bit too far in terms of "We can't fight a war!!!!!!" mentality.

Really, we have trouble fighting a limited war, and a counter-guerilla/insurgent war. But the same is true for just about everyone. By their very nature, guerilla fighters are going to be the most annoying/difficult to eliminate enemy, EVER, regardless of who you are and what equipment you're using.

[Jabberwock]

Very interesting read, tying in World War 2 concepts with modern day warfare trends:

http://www.combatreform.org/cannonfighter.htm

Arrrrgh, run for your lives, its a Sparky site! 

For those of you that don't know, Mike Sparks is the military equivalent of the Time Cube. You have been warned 

[R 105]

 I think we have a winner for the anti tank aircraft I see people wishing for here in the forums. I have seen wishes for the HS-129 and other under powered planes but not the Mosquito with a 6 ponder in it's nose or if I did I don't recall it. Now there is a ground attack aircraft I would like to see in the game.   

[tunnelrat]

Arrrrgh, run for your lives, its a Sparky site! 

For those of you that don't know, Mike Sparks is the military equivalent of the Time Cube. You have been warned 

I am unfamiliar with his other work(s), but I wholeheartedly agree that larger caliber HE-cannon armed fighters vs. the pillboxes on Omaha Beach could have enormously altered the outcome of that engagement.

I searched the Time Cube reference... AWESOME.


 

[Jabberwock]

Given that the German casemates and pillboxes were generally resistant to direct 4"-5"/105-127 mm fire from destroyers and the indirect 8"-12"/203-305 mm fire from cruisers, I question whether 56-75 mm fire from aircraft was going to have any effect.

[tunnelrat]

Given that the German casemates and pillboxes were generally resistant to direct 4"-5"/105-127 mm fire from destroyers and the indirect 8"-12"/203-305 mm fire from cruisers, I question whether 56-75 mm fire from aircraft was going to have any effect.

Cannon armed fighters would have a much easier time of putting HE rounds inside the wall-to-wall view ports than ships miles out to sea.

[Tank-Ace]

Easier, but not nessicarily an easy time. And a B-25H or a Mossie would be easier to shoot down than a P-47 ripple-firing rockets at the pillboxes and bunkers.


Really, a salvo of HVAR's would be just as, if not more, effective as a few 57mm or 75mm HE shells lobbed at the general area of the firing slits, not to mention safer for the attacking.