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Offline Dadtallica

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Maybe AH 88’s Are Correct!
« on: January 07, 2024, 06:16:03 PM »
Video of a P47 going down from a German flak gun. Happens to me in the MA nightly!

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Offline MiloMorai

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Re: Maybe AH 88’s Are Correct!
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2024, 02:11:55 AM »
That ain't no 88 in the video.

A nice article on the 88, https://plane-encyclopedia.com/ww2/8-8-cm-flak-18-36-37/ Traverse speed is 3.6 and 1.8 degrees. A full circle took 200 and 100 turns of the wheel.
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Offline GasTeddy

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Re: Maybe AH 88’s Are Correct!
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2024, 02:29:12 AM »
Quote from: MiloMorai on January 08, 2024, 02:11:55 AM
That ain't no 88 in the video.

A nice article on the 88, https://plane-encyclopedia.com/ww2/8-8-cm-flak-18-36-37/ Traverse speed is 3.6 and 1.8 degrees. A full circle took 200 and 100 turns of the wheel.

Yep. Clearly 37mm. Which model, not sure but caliber is 37mm.
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Offline nrshida

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Re: Maybe AH 88’s Are Correct!
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2024, 02:40:16 AM »
I refuse to believe a single 88-mm could bring down a P-47  :old:
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