What was the coolest AT-aircraft of WW2 and why was it the HS-129

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>>34106934

>>34106934
Does it go BRRRRRRAAAP?

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Because there is little point in that configuration of aircraft. The DH Mosquito Tsetse variant was fitted with a 57mm 6 pounder AT gun and autoloader, and they even tried a 96 mm 32 pound gun at the end of the war, but it was still decided that rockets were more practical.

>>34107621
>Rockets were more practical

That gives you an idea of how unpractical these plane-mounted guns were.

>>34107621
tsetse wasnt AT
it was used against submarines
later in the war they instead used RP-3s where they replaced the 152mm warhead with a 76mm 17pdr AP shell which was still good enough to fuck up a submariners day

>>34106934
good sir allow me to show you the P108.a
a italian plane that mounted a 90mm gun up bored to 102mm for anti shipping dutys

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>>34107621
Holy shitmuffins, while looking this up I came across this autism-tastic page.

>With Cannon-Fighters, we could have thousands upon thousands of these low-cost cannon shells carried aloft by Killer Bee swarms to blast open paths for our ground maneuver forces to pour through and reach the enemy's centers-of-gravity to collapse them and end the conflict quickly and with the least amount of life and property damage.
http://www.combatreform.org/cannonfighter.htm

My favorite part was air superiority fighter using flechette shells, pic related.

>>34107879
Sperging rants aside, the historical parts are very interesting.

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>search for a good image of beautiful piece of shit Lagg-3 IT...
>stumble upon this thing instead.

>>34107816
>tsetse wasnt AT
It was desigend for the role, but later they decided that the Mossie, a big plane (4u) with liquid cooled engines, was too vulnerable for the role (which required a steady close approach which rendered the plane flak bait). Coastal Command snapped them up because they had use for such a plane hunting subs.

>>34107879
That's one of Sparky's sites. Beware of autism overload.

>>34107879
Wait...Combatreform? Like...MC McGavin, Sparky himself?

>>34109038
too bad the gunners had trouble breathing after a few rounds fired

>>34109095
Yep.
Threadly reminder that he's also a furfag who draws diaperporn.

>>34109146
I want to say i'm surprised and shocked, but somehow i'm not.

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>>34109076
We did have the Hurricane IID with twin 40mm Vickers S used in the AT role though.

The Vickers S was also used in sub-hunting as a nose gun for some of Coastal Command's Fortress IIA (B-17E) maritime patrol aircraft

>>34109314
yeah and there was a Tempest prototype fitted with 47 mm guns
cant find the picture rn but it looked like the cannoncane gunpods just longer and sleek
kinda sexy

>>34106934
>not the ME262 with a fuckton of rockets

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>>34109314
>>34109344
i just found it after the post got submitted

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>>34109344
This one

>>34109359
those are meant for big bomber formations (hilarious funfact : the R4M rockets actually had more "muzzle" velocity than the MK108s in the 262 nose )

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>>34106934
Always had a thing for Carpenter's Piper Cub.

>>34109314
Any mechanical relation to the Vickers maxim gun?

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>>34110947
The QF 1pdr Pom Pom?

I don't think so. S Gun was based on the COW 37mm

>>34106934
>ww2 CAS
>scoring direct hits on tanks

wew lad

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>>34106934
you misspelled 'fork-tailed devil.'

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The Fokker T. V.

Dutch medium bomber with a 20mm autocannon in the nose. During WW2 it saw surprising success as an interceptor, credited with downing around 20 bombers and over 100 transport planes during the battle of Holland

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I kind of like the Ju 87G

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>>34106934