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Offline tuba515

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F6f 20mm option.
« on: December 15, 2016, 01:35:26 PM »
There is a missing gun load out available for the f6F. There was a load out of combination of 20mm cannon and 50 Cal's. I think it would be a great addition and honestly it's just adition to the load out. Also in every post I do.... Please p61!!!!!!!!! :P lol

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Re: F6f 20mm option.
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2016, 01:37:15 PM »
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Re: F6f 20mm option.
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2016, 01:50:13 PM »
While all F6F-5s were able to accept two 20 mms and four 0.5ins this setup was hardly ever used in RL. I can't recall ever reading of an instance of it being employed outside of the F6F-5N night fighter. That aircraft also had a heavy and draggy radar installation under one wing, so realistically if you use the existence of the F6F-5N to justify the cannons you'd have to have the radar as well.

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Re: F6f 20mm option.
« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2016, 01:55:43 PM »
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While all F6F-5s were capable of carrying an armament mix of one 20 mm (.79 in) M2 cannon in each of the inboard gun bays (220 rounds per gun), along with two pairs of .50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns (each with 400 rounds per gun), this configuration was only used on later F6F-5N night fighters.
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Re: F6f 20mm option.
« Reply #4 on: December 17, 2016, 02:29:53 AM »
It was a night fighter loadout.
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