Dogfights: Long Odds Part 3

Dogfighting means fighter VS. fighter. What happens when a lumbering bomber joins the fight?

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[whitesox889]

Was Zimmers gun movable?

[Historystartsnow]

No it was fixed

[Davis4037]

One fighter ok two well be fine 17, id crap my pants and jump

[RandomLOLROFLMAO]

9:46 Somebody said he's gone. "I wanted to respond to that. I wanted to lift my and tell him... tell him he's full of s---..." xD

[NBVFTERER445]

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[pilotmanerger56789]

i love this show i just wish it would be on more offten.Whos with me??

[LimbagoAeronautics1]

the haters are those guys who were the crew of the ki-26

[jerocortidor]

cool....brutally badass

[Blahmarrow]

19 machine guns? Put that many on a fighter!

[nimitz1943]

I read zimmer's biography. In that mission, not all the 19 mgs were used at the same time. Some were kept on the floor so that, if one jammed, could be quickly replaced

[TheGohSC]

@felixu95 Thanks You :-). It looks like Old 666 was very heavily armed for that deadly mapping mission with a total of 19 guns onboard against the 17 fearsome Mitsubishi "Zero". Let say if not because of the shortage of fuel of the Zero and the battle went on - Will Old 666 last the battle OR will old 666 be shot down eventually?

B17 Flying Fortress Vs B29 Super Fortress - Which one is better?

[felixu95]

@TheGohSC the two waist guns are (on a standard B-17) single barrel guns which are converted to double barrel machine guns. The bombardier gets two extra guns, and the pilot has two fixed machine guns.

[TheGohSC]

Hello

Just curious: Where are the extra 6 guns being located? 2 added to the waist guns, 1 added to the nose. How about the remaining 3 guns?

Also can the dorsal guns (top and bottom of the plane) be rotated to cover a range of -180 to + 180 degree?

Can the Tail Guns be rotated as well?