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Odd is putting it lightly, it's like the author has never heard of air defense systems
by dharmab 3y ago
Odd is putting it lightly, it's like the author has never heard of air defense systems
- bell-cot 3y agoWikipedia has a short, focused section on the 57mm-cannon Mosquito variant, starting 3 paragraphs down here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito#Strike_(%22fighter-bomber%22)_variants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito#Strike_(... The canon was an anti-tank gun ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordnance_QF_6_pounder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordnance_QF_6_pounder ), the primary intended target was U-boats, and they added quite a bit of armor (to help with AA fire from uncooperative U-boats). It doesn't sound like the cannon-armed Mosquito was (at the time) seen as successful. OTOH, I'd guess that the Allies having both good radar, and ~350MPH clouds of cannon-armed Mosquitos, would have imposed some pretty miserable operational limitations on the Germans.
- jabl 3y agoAircraft with such big guns were perhaps not a success, but aircraft with radar, bombs and depth charges became a deadly menace for u-boats.
- dharmab 3y agoDif you not see the article arguing for two seat manned aircraft with cannons in the modern era? Claiming they could shoot down migs with flechette cannons?