Armed pilots?
 

Should pilots have personal weapons such as the enfield revolver or luger... Discuss

Maybe you could take pot shots when you're parachuting?

Maybe you could take pot shots when you're parachuting?

so has to give people an excuse to start shooting at chutes in online wars? nah...

also, a waste of devs time. and why should we have arms outside the plane, if we cnat have them inside?

I don't see why this would be needed. Also, I haven't really read of any German pilot carrying a side arm, that would be more an American 'thing' I believe.

But enlighten me if this wasn't the case :grin:

I think I must have read too many 'Commando' comics recently ;)

Taking out aircraft with an AR-15 in a parachute would be sweet.

Maybe the co pilot in the Tiger moth should be armed with a 1928 thompson to fend off those pesky 109s

I read of some german pilots wearing their Luger on combat missions. They decided it would be better to avoid dying of hypothermia.

At this point the most carried sidearm used by German forces was the Walther P38. A far superior weapon than the complex, expensive to manufacture, and relatively malfunction prone P-06, what most people commonly call a "Luger". Both chambered in 9 X 19 Parabellum, or more simply called 9mm Luger.

If an RAF pilot carried a sidearm it would have been the Enfield No.2 Mk I, or the No.2 Mk.I*, chambered in what the British called 380/200 (.380" diameter bullet that weighed 200 grains), and what Americans call .38 Smith & Wesson. (Note: this is not the more modern 38 Special caliber, that is actually .357" in diameter).

:) we could all meet in the air and bail thus starting our duels while parachuting down to the ground

Brings a new meaning to the term ('air war')

Should be optional

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