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Title: A20-g
Post by: cobia38 on July 17, 2004, 01:04:05 AM

I did some reserch on the Douglas a20g and found out the G model wich is what we have in AH is soposed to have 4 20mm nose mount cannon insted of 6 50.cal and allso is soposed to have a 30.cal ventral gun. any chance on corecting this???

Title: A20-g
Post by: J_A_B on July 17, 2004, 01:39:47 AM

The AH version is not wrong about the cannons.   Only some initial G's had the cannons and these weren't popular---most of them were shipped to USSR.   AH's A-20 is simply a later model.

The ventral gun is missing because supposedly good artwork to model its interior on isn't availale.  Yes that sort of sounds like a strange reason to delierately omit a weapon.


J_A_B

Title: A20-g
Post by: Karnak on July 17, 2004, 02:16:11 AM

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Originally posted by J_A_B
The ventral gun is missing because supposedly good artwork to model its interior on isn't availale.  Yes that sort of sounds like a strange reason to delierately omit a weapon.

I've read that many, if not most, A-20Gs had the ventral gun eliminated.  Their attack profiles were so low that the ventral gun often would just mean another guy would die if the A-20G was shot down.

Title: A20-g
Post by: J_A_B on July 17, 2004, 02:28:11 AM

Certainly, if nothing else, that is well reproduced in AH.    It's been a LONG time since I saw an A-20G that wasn't at very low altitude.


J_A_B