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[Avimimus]

Originally Posted by Moggy

I haven't heard of this happening, what's your source for this? I know the guns could be trained and fired forward at an angle of 19° or above. I also know there was a switch in the turret to allow the pilot to fire the guns in case the gunner was wounded in action and unable to do so. Although again, I haven't heard of this happening during the war.

Unfortunately, it was an editorial quip made in a book I read several years ago. It was probably based on one or two incidents at the beginning of the war.

However, it appears that the guns could be fixed to fire forward (if the turret was facing directly forward, the guns could be lowered so that they had no elevation). This allowed the airplane to fight conventionally.

Originally Posted by Friendly_flyer

One of the aspects I really look forward to is to try out if some of the pre-war ideas would actually work. The Daffy was intended to destroy un-escorted bomber formations. It was in a sense an answer to the "the bomber will always get through" doctrine. During 1940, the Daffy was thrown against fighters with disasterous results, the original concept was never tried out. Now, with FMB and/or some mates over for a LAN party, we can put the original idea to the test: Daffy against Schnellbombers (Do 17 would do nicely)!

Yes, it is great to test these old concepts isn't it? Try taking a flight of Gladiators against a TB-3 formation in Il-2 (or setting an SB squadron against pre-war fighters)...

[Moggy]

Originally Posted by Avimimus

Unfortunately, it was an editorial quip made in a book I read several years ago. It was probably based on one or two incidents at the beginning of the war.

However, it appears that the guns could be fixed to fire forward (if the turret was facing directly forward, the guns could be lowered so that they had no elevation). This allowed the airplane to fight conventionally.



Yes, it is great to test these old concepts isn't it? Try taking a flight of Gladiators against a TB-3 formation in Il-2 (or setting an SB squadron against pre-war fighters)...

Ok then but how would the Defiant fire without an interuptor gear for the prop? I know the Defiant had an interuptor gear but I'm pretty sure this was only designed to avoid hitting the aircraft.