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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Karnak on September 16, 2003, 01:17:00 AM
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(http://members.arstechnica.com/subscriptors/x/karnak/quad20mm.JPG)
Two quad 20mm turrets!!!!:mad:
(Although it does give an idea of how horrible the Wirblewind might be:eek: )
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We need those as mannable acks on fields too.. :)
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That might actually do someting against the P-51/Tiffie fuel porkers.
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Ack on moving trains is too accurate! imagine trying to aim one of those things on a bumpy moving train,lol
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Heck, gimme the Wirblewind AND quad 20mm manable acks.
Maybe the wirby would be perked a lil.. 1 perk? hehe
Edit: JOC.. they might be spray-n-prayzookas!
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Well if HT models the Wirbelwind correctlly it will only have 20 rounds per gun. They were fed by a box magazine. Burp, reload, burp, reload etc. etc. etc.
EDIT: Infact you can see the box magz in the picture. :)
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Yeah but couldn't it be reloaded as it fired - like adding carrots to a blender?
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Originally posted by Dowding
Yeah but couldn't it be reloaded as it fired - like adding carrots to a blender?
The 20mm Flakvierling 38 L/112.5 was fed by box magazines, one per gun, each holding 20 rounds. The magazines are like the detachable magazines on assault rifles like the M-16 -- the only opening is at the top of the magazine, so to reload the magazine, you have to remove it from the gun. The normal 'ready load' of the Flakvierling 38 was 16 magazines, 8 in each of two magazine racks on the sides of the gun, plus the four magazines in the guns, with more ammunition carried in the towing vehicle, which could be broken out to restock the gun as needed.
The 37mm Flak 43 L/89 gun modelled for both field acks and the Ostwind had a tray ammunition feed -- the rounds were placed loose on a metal rack, which was angled so that the rounds slid into the feed mechanism; as long as the loader kept slapping fresh rounds onto the ammo feet tray, it could keep firing at its cyclical rate.
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GScholz: Burp, reload, burp, reload etc. etc. etc.
I gotta give it to ya!
It may not seem like much, but I absolutely LOVE the subtlety here. Fine choice of words. Awww... I got carried away... But it just makes me smile. I won't type (LOL) or whatever... It wouldn't do the original post justice.
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hehe
giggle
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I flew over a train night before last and almost got nailed. I was at low alt in my Havoc and all of a sudden tracers go flying by me. Now that I know what they're carrying for guns, I'll be more careful.
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