Best Ground-Strafing Aircraft...

[lesofprimus]

Ok.. Heres another one..... Which aircraft, bomber or fighter, would u consider the Best Ground-Strafer...

Bomb loads are irrelevant..... Just the gun platform..... Targets are locomotives, troops, light armoured vehicles, buildings, aerodromes, trucks and so on.. NO SHIPPING.....

There are a few aircraft that come to mind on this....
Mosquito
Fw-190A
P-38J
P-47D

 

[kiwimac]

HS-123, used for ground attack and the Polikarpov Biplanes as well.

Kiwimac

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

IL-2, tiffy (can't believe you forgot that one!!), beaufighter.....................

 

[cheddar cheese]

P-38...

 

[GermansRGeniuses]

Hard-nose B-25's...

 

[kiwimac]

Fw-190 A-8 ; HS-129 ; Cannon Hurricane ; JU87 with 40mm cannon pods; Ju-88 C (or there abouts)

Kiwimac

 

[Maestro]

I think the Typhoon was one of the best for that job.

 

[cheddar cheese]

Me-110?

 

[kiwimac]

The Me 110 was used for Ground-attack but it was not as successful at it as the JU 88 or the Henschel 123.

Kiwimac

 

[cheddar cheese]

Wasnt the 123 a biplane?

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

if i had to pick one i'd proberly have to say the tiffy.....................

 

[cheddar cheese]

Understandable, Though I stick by my choice of P-38.

 

[GermansRGeniuses]

P-61 over Europe...

 

[Gemhorse]

The first one, Les !! - The DH Mosquito.....

 

[GermansRGeniuses]

Whirlywind!



Those four Hispanos in the nose can screw almost anything up!

 

[kiwimac]

Yup the Hs-123 was a biplane and probably better for GA for that reason, Biplanes tend to be more manouverable and they are, on the whole, better gun platforms.

Kiwimac

 

[MichaelHenley]

I'll go- for the Il-2. It was actually designed for the job... Or Maybe the Il-10. It was designed as a replacement for the Il-2.

 

[GermansRGeniuses]

Hmmmmmmmm...


F-82 Twin Mustang with Six-Gun pod...

 

[lesofprimus]

OK.. Here are some Armament Statistics...

Fw-190A-8/R1:
6x 20mm, 2x 13mm

Fw-190A-8/R2:
2x 13mm, 2x 20mm, 2x 30mm

Ju-88H-2:
6x 20mm

HS-129B-1/R2:
2x 7.92 mm, 2x 20mm, 1x 30mm

HS-129B-1/R3:
6x 7.92mm, 2x 20mm

HS-129B-2:
2x 13mm, 2x 20mm, 6x75mm Recoiless firing down and rear

B-25H:
8x .50cal, 1x 75mm, 8x HVARS

Typhoon:
4x 20mm, 8x 3.5in RP's

Mosquito:
4x .303, 4x 20mm

P-61B:
4x .50cal, 4x 20mm

P-38D:
1x 37mm, 4x .50cal

P-38J:
1x 20mm, 4x .50cal

Il-2m2:
2x 27mm, 2x 7.62mm

Il-2m3:
2x37mm, 2x 7.62mm

 

[cheddar cheese]

P-38J:
1x 20mm, 4x .50cal

On model of the P-38 - I think it was the P-38L - had 2 .50cal gunpods on the wings which I believe were used for Strafing. If so, then this model gets my vote.