Author Topic: Whats the Loadout on the A20G? (Read 292 times)

Beefcake · « **on:** April 18, 2002, 05:22:08 PM »

Whats the Loadout on the A20G?

funkedup · « **Reply #1 on:** April 18, 2002, 05:38:38 PM »

Ask and ye shall recieve: http://home.att.net/~jbaugher4/a20.html

funkedup · « **Reply #2 on:** April 18, 2002, 05:44:48 PM »

Looking at the screenshot, it's got a power turret. So it's a G-20-DO or later.
That means 6 x .50 cal in the nose, 2 x .50 cal in the dorsal turret, 1 x .50 cal in the ventral position, 2000 lb bombs (4 x 500 or 8 x 250) internal, 2000 lb bombs external (4 x 250 or 4 x 500).
7 layer nachos baby.

Tac · « **Reply #3 on:** April 18, 2002, 06:54:34 PM »

and hopefully we'll have the choice of the 20mm or 50 cal on nose gun package.

50 cals for vulching, 20mm for fighting hehe *G*

funkedup · « **Reply #4 on:** April 18, 2002, 09:27:18 PM »

The ones that had the turret didn't have 20 mm.

Sundog · « **Reply #5 on:** April 18, 2002, 10:25:55 PM »

Actually,
The warpaint issue No. 32 on the Boston/Havoc shows a Russian A-20G with the standard .50 cal turret and 4 20mm cannons in the nose

Aircraft number 43-740 for your reference. On page 22 of the same book it states that, 'Russia received most of the early 250 early cannon-armed A-20G's.' Of course, it also talks about incorporation of the turret sometime after A-20G production would have begun. It does also say the cannon armed versions had just the twin .50s in the dorsal position, at least initially. So, is the painting on the back of the book incorrect, were some A-20G's actually deleivered to Russia like that? Or, did Russia mix and match a later A-20G variant with the cannon nose from an early model?

It also reports on the same page that the cannons were replaced because they tended to jam and they, the U.S., thought the rate of fire was too low.

funkedup · « **Reply #6 on:** April 18, 2002, 10:27:48 PM »

Are you sure it wasn't a turret retrofitted by the Soviets?
Supposedly they installed turrets of their own manufacture.

Sundog · « **Reply #7 on:** April 18, 2002, 10:33:51 PM »

Yeah, this one has the standard (U.S.) turret. I can tell because it's one of those '5 profiles' in a row pics and the one above shows the Russian turret (which looks like a big mole on it's back..lol)
Check your mail in a few Funked

Superfly · « **Reply #8 on:** April 19, 2002, 09:13:56 AM »

If you look at pages 20-21 of Warpaint #32, that is the exact plane that will be in AH sans the nose art.

Superfly · « **Reply #9 on:** April 19, 2002, 09:18:03 AM »

Btw, it is a Martin power turret. It is basically the same one found in the b26.

Rasker · « **Reply #10 on:** March 02, 2003, 12:40:16 AM »

Also from http://home.att.net/~jbaugher4/a20.html:

"The A-20G retained the 0.5-inch flexible machine gun with 500 rounds in the rear cockpit, as well as the 0.30-in or 0.50-inch tunnel gun."

Wheres our ventral (tunnel) gun?!?! (Just slap the TBM ventral gun art in there, please.) A20 pilots of the world unite! You have nothing to lose but your low-6 vulnerablity!