Which plane had the most machine guns for attack?

[Gnomey]

Good stuff, here is another view of the front of the A-26B clearly showing the 8 guns in the nose and the 3 in each wing. 8)

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Ive always liked the A-26. To me she was fierce and sexy. Good plane overall.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i agree she's a good plane but i don't really like the american attack/mediums like that...ugly fuckers.........

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

And you comparing them to what?

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

all british planes........

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Ha Ha Ha!

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

well you gotta admit we do make the world's best looking aircraft

 

[Aggie08]

Why didn't the US experiment with 20mm on the b-25 and a-20? Pack a bigger punch and less are needed. Gotta say though, it would be hard to turn down so many oodles of .50s....

 

[Aggie08]

Haha lanc alot of people would agree that those medium bombers/attack are some of the best looking planes. I think so, anyways. Seriously what looks better than a fully loaded b-25 bristling with more .50's than 5 mustangs?

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i think that for strafing soft targets, which you're gonna get more of in the pacific (apart from ships, obviously) the weight of fire provided by all the .50s was more worthwile.........

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

The .50 was worthwile for most targets except heavy targets like tanks and what not.

 

[cheddar cheese]

Haha lanc alot of people would agree that those medium bombers/attack are some of the best looking planes. I think so, anyways. Seriously what looks better than a fully loaded b-25 bristling with more .50's than 5 mustangs?

An A-26 with a similar layout

 

[Lunatic]

Why didn't the US experiment with 20mm on the b-25 and a-20? Pack a bigger punch and less are needed. Gotta say though, it would be hard to turn down so many oodles of .50s....

Most ground targets that were succeptable to 20mm fire were succeptable to .50 fire. The .50's offered 3 times the reliabiliity and nearly twice the ammo of the Hispano. Carrying more .50's meant a wider strafe area too.

The exception was Japanese pill boxes in the PTO, which were specifically made just tough enough to hold up against .50 fire, which is why the USN and USMC wanted the 20mm guns for ground attack.

=S=

Lunatic

 

[Aggie08]

Interesting...

 

[Aggie08]

An A-26 with a similar layout

True, true

 

[Smokey]

http://www.shockwaveproductions.net/firepower/manual/do217.htm

BF 110G night fighter

Armament:
Nose: Fixed firing forward
Two 30mm Mk 108 Cannon with 135 rounds per gun
Two 20mm MG 151 Cannon with 300 rounds(port) and 350 rounds(starboard)
And
Two 20mm MG 151 Cannon in Shrage Musik Installation (Firing Obliquely forward)
Or
Two 7.92mm MG 81 in rear cockpit

Optional:
Waffenwanne 151Z ventral tray housing two forward firing 20mm MG 151 cannon

http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/bf110g.html

 

[Hunter368]

Very nice

 

[mosquitoman]

Bristol Beaufighter VI: 4x 20mm cannon; 8x .303 machine gun
Not a bad alternative to a Mitchell or Invader

 

[wmaxt]

I once read that a B-25 pilot had bagged 5 Japanese aircraft in flight. Its been years and I haven't seen it again but I've always thought that would be cool if it really happened. They certainly had the fire power, 14 foward, will do a number on any aircraft!

wmaxt

 

[lesofprimus]

.303 pfffftttt...