33k in the air
Staff Sergeant
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- Jan 31, 2021
And just think of the ease of the logistics in supplying three different types of ammunition! To say nothing of ground crews having to maintain three different weapon systems!
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And with three different weapons having three completely different trajectories, you're bound to hit something.
And all the while holding down the trigger so you're hurling rounds at all the bad guys in all directions.
Sort of like a garden sprinkler.
But with bullets.
Those clever Bell engineers are SO misunderstood...
And hope your wingman is out of gun range?
The ground…And with three different weapons having three completely different trajectories, you're bound to hit something.
Why bother? The 37mm is unreliable. It's just ballast. The synchronized fifties fire too slow. And the wing mounted .30s are too weak to do damage. best remove them and fill the gun bays with beer so you can have a cold one when you land. Or maybe not. They tend to get shaken up when you tumble.
BINGO!!!!!Now I do realize that fighting normally took place at much lower altitudes but facts are facts and the reason for twisting them was to somehow support a flawed belief that the P-39N could leave 95 percent of it's competition in the dust. Utter nonsense.
I always thought 200 lbs was considered the 'normal' crew weight for a US single-seat fighter. Weren't P-39 pilots allowed parachutes?Glad to see the pilot is considered a "useful load"...
200 or 180 pounds depending if you were on weight watchersI always thought 200 lbs was the 'normal' crew weight for an American single-seat fighter. Weren't P-39 pilots allowed parachutes?
Indeed he is, he can lean forward or back to ajust the cog.Glad to see the pilot is considered a "useful load"...
And hope your wingman is out of gun range?
This visual sprang into my mind: