Civettone
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Kris
Kris
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If the Il-2 could absorb more total punishment than the B-17, I'll screw a sheep. I don't think it could take a shot from the 37mm M4 cannon (the one from the P-39) either.
I see two impacts. Where were the other 3 ?
Kris
Not the same round, not all mm's of ordnance are created equal.Why not five of them?
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On his 3rd mission, Titovitch's Il-2 recieved 5 37 mm FlaK bullets, but managed to return to the airfield near MGA, Leningrad vicinity.
VG
More than likely Irish Linen or Cotton.The control surfaces look to all the world to be made of canvas.
If that's the case it will undoubtedly explain the shells not detonating.
Thing is, how do you goad a barge full of scrap-iron around the sky with canvas control surfaces?
The reason alot of Wimpeys came back from a beating was much more likely due to its structure rather than the doped-linen skinning... Wellington, but the result is the same: skin went off, but the airplane made it back...
lol not quite - geodesic is the 'giant golf ball' structure built around some satellite earth stations and, believe it or not, modern soccer balls. Pioneered by Buckminster-Fuller I believe.Geodesic
lol not quite - geodesic is the 'giant golf ball' structure built around some satellite earth stations and, believe it or not, modern soccer balls. Pioneered by Buckminster-Fuller I believe.
the Wimpey used a geodetic structure, pioneered by Barnes Wallis.
Civettone:I see two impacts. Where were the other 3 ?
Clay_Allison :Not the same round, not all mm's of ordnance are created equal.
That shows the problem...for the Flak and fighters. Of course Titovitch never saw his Il-2 again (probably scrapped) and used other 872e ShAP (stormoviks air regiment) planes.Colin1 Thing is, how do you goad a barge full of scrap-iron around the sky with canvas control surfaces?
Rockwell or Brinell testing has no bearing in this situation because there is an element of force, density and trajectory. You factor in the weight of the round and the muzzle velocity plus the harness value of the round. Hardness testers are static and designed to take a surface hardness in a non-dynamic environment.