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Aggie08 said:Probably, there were even reports of b-25's shooting down japanese fighters.
syscom3 said:The gunship B25's in the low level antishipping role would have the edge because of the massed .50's in the nose and the 75mm cannon.
I dont think the -88 had a weapons combo like that.
The -88 could carry torpedo's, but the Allies in the SW pacific found skip bombing to be more effective than torpedo attacks.
Soren said:Wasn't that the gun which would pull itself loose after just 1-2 shots, instantly rendering the weapon hopelessly inaccurate ?
No evidence of that happening, although the sheet metal near it would work loose requireing reriveting once in awhile.
How about the Ju-88P-4 armed with one 75mm Pak40 anti-tank cannon plus or two 37mm Flak-38 cannons, or what about the G-1 armed with 6x20mm cannons, I'd say thats packing a punch !
Agree'd, but what else does it have to shoot at other angles besides "frontwards"?
Allied torpedo's = crap.
No argument from me on that!
Load up a Ju-88 with a T5 Zaunkönig torpedo and watch the fireworks!
It still has to come in slow to drop it. Skip bombing means you can come in far faster with less exposure time, drop several bombs (vs two torpedo's for the -88) that have very little chance of malfunctioning, that will skip along the water at the speed of the airplane and hit the target before it could maneuver out of the way.
For low altitude anti-shipping, the B25 s best.
syscom3 said:It still has to come in slow to drop it. Skip bombing means you can come in far faster with less exposure time, drop several bombs (vs two torpedo's for the -88) that have very little chance of malfunctioning, that will skip along the water at the speed of the airplane and hit the target before it could maneuver out of the way.
For low altitude anti-shipping, the B25 s best.
delcyros said:By the way, T-5 Zaunkönig couldn´t have been loaded on airplanes.