Best Tank Killer of WW2 continued

[cheddar cheese]

Why, that picture sucks I thinks the first one looks better...

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

na second one's beter, trust me, i know what i'm talking about.........

 

[cheddar cheese]

Yes but I was there an I touched the starbouard wingtip!

If the light wasnt in the background it would be...

 

[mosquitoman]

Both the pics look great, the Tiffie and the Tempest were great tank busters, anything soft-skinned would feel the 20mm and the tanks had 500 pound bombs or AP rockets

 

[Nonskimmer]

Nice pics. Yeah, if it wasn't for that light in the background of the second pic, it would've been a lot better.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

and should you be touching the plane young man??

 

[cheddar cheese]

Nope, I had to jump to touch it. But I wanted to so badly

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

and were you seen??

 

[cheddar cheese]

Only by Calum

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

man you'd be in some serious shit if the whole thing came crashing down..........

 

[cheddar cheese]

Mainly because id probably be dead

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

and if that didn't kill you everyone else would!!

 

[cheddar cheese]

Nah, Id hop in the Tiffy, take off, fire the rockets at everyone and fly back to blighty :Wink:

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

wow you've obviously given that allot of thought.................

 

[cheddar cheese]

Hell yeah...And if that failed, there was a fussian jet in another hall I would have used

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i'm intrieged...........

 

[KraziKanuK]

Both the pics look great, the Tiffie and the Tempest were great tank busters, anything soft-skinned would feel the 20mm and the tanks had 500 pound bombs or AP rockets

Actually, the Tiffie could hardly hit the broad side of a barn door with rockets. Something like a 0.5% chance of hitting what was aimed at. Most of the time they carried the 60lb HE warhead.

The Tempests with 2TAF were used mostly as fighters.

worth reading, http://web.telia.com/~u18313395/normandy/articles/airpower.html

 

[Anonymous]

Tempests were never fitted with rocket launchers during WWII.

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Lunatic

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

You are correct that they were never used in WW2 but they were able to carry them and were used after the war.

Tempest Mk. V was tested and cleared to carry 8 zero length 60 lb ground attack rockets. But it was never used operationally during the war. After the war, when used on Mk. IIs, the rockets were often mounted on zero length hooks. The rails spoiled the aerodynamics of the wing.
http://hem.passagen.se/chla/tempest.htm

 

[cheddar cheese]

Nice pics 8)