Who knew?

[lyric1]

That the dorsal turret on the HE-111 had such a huge arc of fire.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnPuHpSLo_w

[Easyscor]

Great find!

[streakeagle]

Really cool video. But the range of motion that was possible compared to what you could actually use effectively at operational altitudes and speeds with the oxygen hose attached is another story. I would love to see live footage of a gunner using it in combat at altitude to see what they could really manage.

[Easyscor]

Really cool video. But the range of motion that was possible compared to what you could actually use effectively at operational altitudes and speeds with the oxygen hose attached is another story. I would love to see live footage of a gunner using it in combat at altitude to see what they could really manage.

I seriously doubt they were flown to 20,000 feet or above, but the video showed an oxygen supply tube.

[lyric1]

Really cool video. But the range of motion that was possible compared to what you could actually use effectively at operational altitudes and speeds with the oxygen hose attached is another story. I would love to see live footage of a gunner using it in combat at altitude to see what they could really manage.

Video would be next to impossible because there would be no room for a camera man at that altitude. There is some still shots I found though. I guess if HTC could reposition the canopy in the open position and have the mounting bar sitting a little higher like one of the images below. They could at least give the dorsal gunner a vertical arc of fire?







The ring in front of the camera in the image below is the same as the prior video where the gunner pushed off of with his feet.

[Brooke]

Nice!