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    Stinson Sentinel L5 Series

    Contact the L-5 owners club Sentinel Owner's and Pilot's Association
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    Best Tank Killer of WW2 continued

    The "best tank killer" was perhaps the little unarmed L-4 Cub that controlled the guns of an artillery battalion, and if needed could call in all the guns of a division. They claimed a large number of tanks and other vehicles and can arguably be credited with saving our a**es at Anzio. For lack...
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    L-4 Called "Miss Me"

    I wasn't arguing whether it was a credited victory or not...just pointing out that it wasn't a "shoot down" in the way most people think of it. If you've ever fired a .45 ACP you would realize that the chance of getting in an air-to-air killing shot, or even a debilitating shot, was quite remote...
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    L-4 Called "Miss Me"

    The Storch wasn't really shot down. The Cub crew shot at him, the German pilot landed and surrendered. He knew the war was over. He wanted to surrender to a pilot, not a ground pounder, and especially not a Russian. The Storch had a light machine gun on a flexible mount and could have knocked...
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