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Title: Missing ordinance and other stuff
Post by: juzz on July 07, 2000, 10:12:00 AM

Spitfire Mk V: Missing 250lb wing bombs. Missing 30 and 90 gallon slipper style belly droptanks.

Spitfire Mk IX: Torpedo style tank was 50 gallons I think, no way was it "300 liters". 30 and 90 gallon slipper style droptanks missing.

Fw 190: There needs to be a F-8 or something with wing pylons and all the related bombs, rockets and drop tanks.

Me 109: Couldn't it carry 4x50kg on a centreline rack?

P-38L: At least 1600lb, up to 2000lb bombs on the inner wing pylons missing.

Typhoon Ib: Missing 45 gallon wing droptanks.

P-51D: Shouldn't the wing droptanks be 66 gallons, not 75?

Other "maybes": Droptanks on the MC.202/205? Bombs and rockets on the La-5FN?

Anything else?

Title: Missing ordinance and other stuff
Post by: VISCONTI on July 07, 2000, 11:07:00 AM

For c205 and c202

2 x 160Kg bombs (wings)
or
2 x 100Kg bombs (wings)
or
2 x 50Kg bombs (wings)
 
Ext. fuel tanks

2 x 100 Liters (wings)
or
2 x 150 Liters (wings)

Note:
Fuel tanks was used rarely they show a "large" use in the recon configuration, unknown if these fuel tanks was used in pure fighter configuration, still the fact that these 2 birds was capable to use ext. fuel tanks.

Bombs was used by both birds, the 205 was not used a lot in Jabo configuration, too many B17 over our head in 43-44  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)


PLEASE: give us our real 12.7mm the one we have are unusefull, try to give at the 7.7mm a reason to exist. Ty!

Title: Missing ordinance and other stuff
Post by: Daff on July 07, 2000, 11:07:00 AM

Yups..
The P-47 used (at the time of the D-30) 150 gallon drop tanks, not 75 gallons.
It could carry more fuel in droptanks, than it could internally.

Daff


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CO, 56th Fighter Group
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Title: Missing ordinance and other stuff
Post by: jmccaul on July 07, 2000, 12:47:00 PM

I've got a picture of a spit 5 with a 170 gallon drop tank. It is also mentioned in the spit 9,11 & 16 pilots manual so i assume it could be used for both.

Now there's something novel a spit with range  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)  

Title: Missing ordinance and other stuff
Post by: juzz on July 07, 2000, 01:10:00 PM

Yeah 170 gallon ferry tank. But they had to remove the guns and all other non-essential equipment, and they could barely turn the plane in flight. And it wasn't recommended to try and drop the tank either. They used them to get Spitfires to Malta.

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Title: Missing ordinance and other stuff
Post by: Nashwan on July 07, 2000, 01:15:00 PM

This 170 gal tank?
  (http://www.keymags.co.uk/airenth/current_issue/spitfire/spitfire.GIF)  

I've got a better photo and it clearly shows the cannon have been removed.

[This message has been edited by Nashwan (edited 07-07-2000).]