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The He 111 seemed to get just the barest minimum of improvement to hold it over until the next uber bomber showed up, which they didn't or did in small numbers years late.
...And this becomes a thread about the He 177, which actually makes more sense, if you think about it.
Or just go for the 4 engine model.
The He 111 could have been more useful in 1941, 42, and into 43 than the He 177.
There may be some doubts about the JU-88 doing everything the He 111 could do. Like range with the same bomb load. How far could a Ju-88 carry 4400lbs worth of bombs? In 1941/42?
Do you happen to have the source for that? Could you share it please? Been looking exactly for that information.An Honest power operated dorsal turret with two belt fed 7.9mm or 13 mm machine guns may have improved things considerably. British figured a gun in powered mount was 2-4 times more effective than one in a hand aimed mount? conservatively that would quadruple the firepower of the dorsal position without factoring in the advantage of belt feed over drum magazines.
Is there an example of a German manned turret with a pair of MG/HMG/Cannons? Off the top of my head all of the manned German turrets only had 1. Any reason why this wasn't done?a turret holding a pair of MG 131s with both powered traverse and elevation doesn't seem that unreasonable.