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And you're comparing one of the better British gun turrets to a "gun position" rather than a powered turret, in the B-17F. This was later improved uponI'm going to give my two cents, British aircraft are often criticized for only having .303's but I feel that sitting upright and comfortable behind the guns far surpasses any advantage of bigger guns in awkward turrets,
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Is that non-US or a remote turret? Or am I in the wrong thread?… the B-24's retractable ball always struck me as somewhat elegant
Would devices like the Lancaster's under-turret and rear turret be considered "remote turrets"?
And a Boulton & Paul trial installation in a Lancaster in 1944.
Sorry but no. My recollection was from the R. Wallace Clarke book. And Google isn't being my friend today beyond the illustration I posted.My papers give the RAE credit for this system but Boulton Paul would seem to make more sense. Only additional info I have is the small blurb from R. Wallace Clarke's RAF Gun Turrets book (which also puts the system under Boulton Paul).
Would you happen to have anything more concrete?
cow of an airplane to look at
For the purposes of this thread I had in mind turrets where a remote control system acts between a gunner's observation station and the gun's line of sight.Would devices like the Lancaster's under-turret and rear turret be considered "remote turrets"?
Good example. Reminds me of those positioned on the Piaggio P.108's engine nacelles.The CAC Ca-11 had remote turrets on its nacelles
I don't consider the various periscope sighted turrets fitted in US or British aircraft as being "remote" mounts. The gunner was generally sat directly on top of the mounting.
That wasn't a power turret.And you're comparing one of the better British gun turrets to a "gun position" rather than a powered turret, in the B-17F. This was later improved upon
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The B-29 had an analog computer running its guidance. I have to expect the Germans and Italians had no such tech, and instead there was some sort of offset gunsight for which a set range had to be dialed in for where gunner's aim and turret fire converged.The Me323, BV222 and He177 were some that had remote turrets but they didn't seem to be very effective against attackers.