Stans Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 See the video here. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3...4&q=ww2+gov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No105_Archie Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 Makes it pretty easy to understand why one or two hits from a 20mm would bring down a fighter. That was an old 45gal steel drum....a lot thicker and tougher than the aluminum skin on a WW 2 aircraft ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 Nasty little bugger , one round and the drum was cactus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunny Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 [sarcasticOlegmoment]Obviously overmodeled! That not surely 20mm but probably U.S. American 5 inch gun from destroyer. US American 20mm in real more like Russian 7.62. Be sure![/sarcasticOlegmoment] Good stuff Stan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donster Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 Aaahhh the P-38! What a lovely lady! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itchie Crotchie Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 Onry prane of arries that scale Itchie! Folked-tair Devir! Rast thing Admirar Yamamoto see befole "rights out" time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectre_USA Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 Gotta love the Lightning! Especially when it thunders! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunny Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 Yitchie, you might ought to be afraid of the F4U. Lord knows you've been shot down enough by them. Or do you need another trip to the Yokosuka burn ward to refresh your memory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No105_Archie Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 Just think what it must have been like to have been on the receiving end of 4x20mm !! A Typhoon or Tempest and I believe some Corsairs carried 4x20mm. The Mossie had 4x20s and 4x.303s all in a nice tight little group in the nose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunny Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 There were a few of the -1C Corsairs, but the pilots didn't care for them because the rate of fire was lower, less rounds and claims that they were not as acurate as the .50 cal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 Whoa! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stans Posted July 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 There were a few of the -1C Corsairs, but the pilots didn't care for them because the rate of fire was lower, less rounds and claims that they were not as acurate as the .50 cal. 200 of the F4U-1C's were built, and as far as I know only three USMC squadrons (VMF's-311, 314, 441) and one USN squadron (VF-85) were outfitted with the -1C. These units entered combat in April 1945 during the Okinawa campaign. The cannons had only 220 rounds each, slow rate of fire and lacked heaters, so high altitude flights invariably meant frozen and useless guns. By August 1945, only the USMC squadrons still had their -1C's. 200 Corsairs divided by four squadrons would mean 50 per squadron, an unrealistic number as squadrons usually had between 30 and 40 aircraft, so many -1C's probably remained unassigned and in aircraft pools, some may have never left the U.S. As far as I know, all were scrapped or pushed into the sea after the end of the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itchie Crotchie Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 Yitchie, you might ought to be afraid of the F4U. Lord knows you've been shot down enough by them. Or do you need another trip to the Yokosuka burn ward to refresh your memory? Onry when thele is 10 Colsails to one Itchie! Lat Bastald Jalhead! And actuarry...no mine buln wald as I get mole molephine and sponge baths flom sexy babe type nulses! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraj Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 Reminds me of the movie "Thunderbolt and lightfoot". When they use the 20mm cannon to blow open a safe! I never knew just how loud and powerful a 20mm. I can't imagine a 40mm cannnon, that some of the German planes had. I think the ME262 had 4 40mm's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraj Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 hold that thought.. It had 4 30mm cannons! No wonder they took b-17's apart! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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