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Title: Cannon Fighter Concept
Post by: tunnelrat on June 20, 2012, 03:20:55 PM
Very interesting read, tying in World War 2 concepts with modern day warfare trends:

http://www.combatreform.org/cannonfighter.htm

Title: Re: Cannon Fighter Concept
Post by: Rich52 on June 20, 2012, 03:31:38 PM
Nice find.
Title: Re: Cannon Fighter Concept
Post by: Tank-Ace on June 20, 2012, 04:14:34 PM
Cool read, but I think the article takes things a bit too far in terms of "We can't fight a war!!!!!!" mentality.

Really, we have trouble fighting a limited war, and a counter-guerilla/insurgent war. But the same is true for just about everyone. By their very nature, guerilla fighters are going to be the most annoying/difficult to eliminate enemy, EVER, regardless of who you are and what equipment you're using.
Title: Re: Cannon Fighter Concept
Post by: Jabberwock on June 20, 2012, 11:26:52 PM
Very interesting read, tying in World War 2 concepts with modern day warfare trends:

http://www.combatreform.org/cannonfighter.htm


Arrrrgh, run for your lives, its a Sparky site!  :bolt:

For those of you that don't know, Mike Sparks is the military equivalent of the Time Cube. You have been warned  :noid

Title: Re: Cannon Fighter Concept
Post by: R 105 on June 21, 2012, 06:15:46 AM
 I think we have a winner for the anti tank aircraft I see people wishing for here in the forums. I have seen wishes for the HS-129 and other under powered planes but not the Mosquito with a 6 ponder in it's nose or if I did I don't recall it. Now there is a ground attack aircraft I would like to see in the game.   
Title: Re: Cannon Fighter Concept
Post by: tunnelrat on June 21, 2012, 09:04:36 AM
Arrrrgh, run for your lives, its a Sparky site!  :bolt:

For those of you that don't know, Mike Sparks is the military equivalent of the Time Cube. You have been warned  :noid



I am unfamiliar with his other work(s), but I wholeheartedly agree that larger caliber HE-cannon armed fighters vs. the pillboxes on Omaha Beach could have enormously altered the outcome of that engagement.

I searched the Time Cube reference... AWESOME.


 
Title: Re: Cannon Fighter Concept
Post by: Jabberwock on June 21, 2012, 08:59:23 PM
Given that the German casemates and pillboxes were generally resistant to direct 4"-5"/105-127 mm fire from destroyers and the indirect 8"-12"/203-305 mm fire from cruisers, I question whether 56-75 mm fire from aircraft was going to have any effect.
Title: Re: Cannon Fighter Concept
Post by: tunnelrat on June 22, 2012, 10:05:00 AM
Given that the German casemates and pillboxes were generally resistant to direct 4"-5"/105-127 mm fire from destroyers and the indirect 8"-12"/203-305 mm fire from cruisers, I question whether 56-75 mm fire from aircraft was going to have any effect.

Cannon armed fighters would have a much easier time of putting HE rounds inside the wall-to-wall view ports than ships miles out to sea.

Title: Re: Cannon Fighter Concept
Post by: Tank-Ace on June 22, 2012, 11:11:35 AM
Easier, but not nessicarily an easy time. And a B-25H or a Mossie would be easier to shoot down than a P-47 ripple-firing rockets at the pillboxes and bunkers.


Really, a salvo of HVAR's would be just as, if not more, effective as a few 57mm or 75mm HE shells lobbed at the general area of the firing slits, not to mention safer for the attacking.