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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: Raubvogel on July 30, 2002, 05:12:59 PM

Title: Pyro-you should check out this book
Post by: Raubvogel on July 30, 2002, 05:12:59 PM

Just picked up a great book on WW2 bomber gunner positions:

Gunner: An Illustrated History of World War II Aircraft Turrets and Gun Positions

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1550463322/qid=1028066466/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/102-1120582-0223327

It has some great pics of gunner positions and some great info also. Some things I noticed:

Ju88 7.92mm MG sticking thru right windscreen was a flexible mount....isn't in AH.

Typical pattern of 12 shots fired from US heavy bomber tail gun position on the ground was 35ft at a distance of 600! That's just a bit larger than the 1ft shot group modeled in AH. Waist guns were even worse....65ft pattern at 600.

This book has some great pics of the Me410 gunner position showing the layout of the dual reflector sights for each gun (Hint, hint:))

Title: Pyro-you should check out this book
Post by: brady on July 30, 2002, 05:16:16 PM

Nice one Raub.

Title: Pyro-you should check out this book
Post by: GRUNHERZ on July 31, 2002, 03:39:01 AM

Typical pattern of 12 shots fired from US heavy bomber tail gun position on the ground was 35ft at a distance of 600! That's just a bit larger than the 1ft shot group modeled in AH. Waist guns were even worse....65ft pattern at 600.

Could that be source of AH Bomber Gun wierdness?

Title: Pyro-you should check out this book
Post by: Pongo on July 31, 2002, 03:23:58 PM

did it say what the typicaly pattern for  a fighters fixed guns are?

Title: Pyro-you should check out this book
Post by: Sachs on July 31, 2002, 09:13:54 PM

BRING ON THE ME-410!!!!!!!

God save us if we can have this