Bazooka Charlie

[lyric1]

Deadly grasshopper.

https://tacairnet.com/2015/10/01/bazooka-charlie-and-his-nazi-tank-killin-grasshopper/

[BuckShot]

Good story!

[PR3D4TOR]

The Grasshopper Flies Heavy...

[Ack-Ack]

He was also known as the "Mad Major".  Here is a photo of him with his Grasshoper, Rosie the Rocketeer.

[Zimme83]

And I´ve wished for the Bazooka Cub for years but Master have not answered yet..

[Ack-Ack]

And I´ve wished for the Bazooka Cub for years but Master have not answered yet..

If we were ever given a US observation/liaison plane, I doubt it would come with a bazooka package.  It was purely a field mod done by some artillery observer pilots.

[bozon]

It is a miracle that he was not shot down.

[Frodo]

  Thanks

[Zimme83]

If we were ever given a US observation/liaison plane, I doubt it would come with a bazooka package.  It was purely a field mod done by some artillery observer pilots.

It would be quite useless in the game since the pintle guns on the gvs would have killed you long before you get a chance to fire the bazookas. But i still want it.

[PR3D4TOR]

Maybe he wasn't that "mad". Looking at that photo of him his neck already looks swollen. He would have had symptoms long before becoming seriously ill in 1945. Perhaps he knew he was running out of time and just wanted his life to mean something. To make a difference before the end.

[Zimme83]

The idea of using slow flying aircrafts for ground attacks have been tested with surprisingly good results. "dont get low and slow unless you get really low and slow" is a good rule. The Po-2 is another good example.

The concept was also tried successfully in the late 60:s
 
top speed of ~90 mph but they managed to destroy a number of  MiG-17 and IL-28:s with only one shot down by flak, The MiG-17 where way to fast so the pilots often fly right by them without spotting them.

[PR3D4TOR]

The legendary "gentleman mercenary" Count Carl Gustaf von Rosen. Founder of the Ethiopian Air Force. Son of Count Eric von Rosen, the founder of the Finnish Air Force.

[Zimme83]

Learned to fly in one of these, its a fun little plane.

[PR3D4TOR]

I like the design. Wing placement is ingenious.

[Zimme83]

It is, you sits in front of the wings so it doesnt obstruct the view in the front arc at all plus that its placed in eye's level so that you can see both over and under it when looking backwards so the view is great. Glides like a brick though.