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I know the Luftwaffe fielded Sturmböcke, which were heavily armored and armed fighters to bomber killing that featured two MK108s in the wings at a severe impact on performance. How about if it had been used against ground targets? Would the Mk108s have been useful against armored targets or...

Given their short range and CAS function the Hs123 and 129 seem like they filled the role of modern helicopter gunships. Am I off base on that or not? Both are low and slow and heavily armed/armored and fit the role of direct support for ground forces Attack helicopter - Wikipedia, the free...

I think I had this in the wrong section...Did the Luftwaffe include ground kills as part of a pilot's score? I thought this was only an Eighth Air Force thing. I found a photo of Walter Oesaus's 109E, Werknr.1559 that show 39 kill markings on the rudder, 14 pointing downwards. The caption says...

Did the Luftwaffe include ground kills as part of a pilot's score? I thought this was only an Eighth Air Force thing. I found a photo of Walter Oesaus's 109E, Werknr.1559 that show 39 kill markings on the rudder, 14 pointing downwards. The caption says that the downward pointing ones indicated...

I have an odd question that has come up in conversations with several other people and I wanted to run it by you guys. If a military plane was destroyed on the ground during Pearl Harbor, would that aircraft be considered as having been lost or destroyed during combat?

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The Beechcraft XA-38 Grizzly was a United States ground attack aircraft, fitted with a forward-firing 75 mm cannon to attack heavily armored targets. The first prototype flew on 7 May 1944 but after testing it became obvious it would not be ready for the projected invasion of Japan, and...

The Beechcraft XA-38 Grizzly was a United States ground attack aircraft, fitted with a forward-firing 75 mm cannon to attack heavily armored targets. The first prototype flew on 7 May 1944 but after testing it became obvious it would not be ready for the projected invasion of Japan, and...