Apt username is apt.
Also, wasn’t there a plane with a similar concept of operation with fixed guns firing 45° up?
( , Sat 2 Dec 2017, 11:59, Share, Reply)
Also, wasn’t there a plane with a similar concept of operation with fixed guns firing 45° up?
( , Sat 2 Dec 2017, 11:59, Share, Reply)
The Germans had some
"Jazz Music" system fitted to some night fighters.
( , Sat 2 Dec 2017, 14:15, Share, Reply)
"Jazz Music" system fitted to some night fighters.
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Not Wagner?
I assume you're talking about Schräge Musik and not real jazz sound systems terrorising Blighty with complex time signatures.
( , Sat 2 Dec 2017, 19:57, Share, Reply)
I assume you're talking about Schräge Musik and not real jazz sound systems terrorising Blighty with complex time signatures.
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I feel
I should add a Fast show gif here, but don't have one :(
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I should add a Fast show gif here, but don't have one :(
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They did try that in WW1 I think
I think it was on the SE5a to fight balloons (they being higher up than the maximum altitude it could reach). The gun was fixed on a track that tilted it back 90° in order to reload the drum as standard and they did try to fire it straight up in the reload position to get the extra height.
The problem was, the gun jammed a lot when fired that way plus the ammo was incendiary - against the rules to use them in normal dogfights (yes, there were rules!) The pilot needed to be carrying special balloon mission documents in case of capture by the enemy. If they got caught without them, they'd be executed rather than be taken prisoner
By WW2 I think two-seaters were much more powerful and fighters much more suited to shooting bombers (which had better blind spot protection)
( , Sat 2 Dec 2017, 22:21, Share, Reply)
I think it was on the SE5a to fight balloons (they being higher up than the maximum altitude it could reach). The gun was fixed on a track that tilted it back 90° in order to reload the drum as standard and they did try to fire it straight up in the reload position to get the extra height.
The problem was, the gun jammed a lot when fired that way plus the ammo was incendiary - against the rules to use them in normal dogfights (yes, there were rules!) The pilot needed to be carrying special balloon mission documents in case of capture by the enemy. If they got caught without them, they'd be executed rather than be taken prisoner
By WW2 I think two-seaters were much more powerful and fighters much more suited to shooting bombers (which had better blind spot protection)
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