pavel@uafhp.uark.edu (Pavel) (06/06/90)
From: pavel@uafhp.uark.edu (Pavel) long time ago I believe I read about a WWII german airplane that carried a large gun (~28cm) and was used as anti-shipping. I think it was on a JU-88 or ME-110 airframe. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Paul A. Byers
ap542@ztivax.siemens.com (Helmut Peisl) (06/06/90)
From: ap542@ztivax.siemens.com (Helmut Peisl) In article <16245@cbnews.ATT.COM> pavel@uafhp.uark.edu (Pavel) writes: > long time ago I believe I read about a WWII german airplane that carried a >large gun (~28cm) and was used as anti-shipping. I think it was on a JU-88 >or ME-110 airframe. Any info would be greatly appreciated. In a book about German Secret Weapons, there is a picture of a DO-217 carrying a 155mm gun. The text stated that the technical problems with overcoming the backlash (correct english expression?) were never really solved. [mod.note: I've seen a drawing of a Do 217 mounting a 35cm recoilless gun slung below. Could be the same thing ? - Bill ] Mike -- Mike Hoffmann, Dept DI AP 542 Siemens AG, Munich, West Germany Disclaimer: none required in Germany, I think/hope/was told by my lawyer
scottmi@ncar.UCAR.EDU (SCOTT MICHAEL C) (06/06/90)
From: boulder!snoopy!scottmi@ncar.UCAR.EDU (SCOTT MICHAEL C) Several JU-88's were built with a faired pod underneath the fuselage for a 75mm gun. Several more got 50mm or paired 37mm guns. No aircraft the Germans ever built carried a 28cm (11"!) gun -- the barrel alone would have weighed on the order of 35-40 tons. The JU-88's were very slow with these gun pods, so the pods were designed to be jettisoned in emergencies. --don't like snow, miss Deirdre, and wish I was still in Santa Cruz.
fiddler@concertina.Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix) (06/06/90)
From: fiddler@concertina.Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix) In article <16245@cbnews.ATT.COM>, pavel@uafhp.uark.edu (Pavel) writes: > > long time ago I believe I read about a WWII german airplane that carried a > large gun (~28cm) and was used as anti-shipping. I think it was on a JU-88 > or ME-110 airframe. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Probably some Ju-88 variant...they were used for everything else imaginable. But a 280mm gun?! I've heard of Ju-88 versions armed with an 88mm gun, but not much bigger. Something like the B-25's in the Pacific theater that were armed with 75mm cannon for anti-shipping operations. ------------ The only drawback with morning is that it comes at such an inconvenient time of day. ------------ [mod.note: This topic is really starting to sprawl. Would anyone care to post a summary of large-gun-slinging aircraft before someone claims the Iranians are working on fitting a 1000mm gun to a Cessna ? 8-) - Bill ]
bxr307@csc.anu.oz (06/06/90)
From: bxr307@csc.anu.oz In article <16245@cbnews.ATT.COM>, pavel@uafhp.uark.edu (Pavel) writes: > > > From: pavel@uafhp.uark.edu (Pavel) > > long time ago I believe I read about a WWII german airplane that carried a > large gun (~28cm) and was used as anti-shipping. I think it was on a JU-88 > or ME-110 airframe. Any info would be greatly appreciated. > > Paul A. Byers The weapon in question was a 15cm recoilless weapon mounted in the bomb-bay of a JU88 medium bomber. It worked on the Davis gun principle of firing an equivalent counter-mass of sand/lead-shot through the rear of the breach and out the back of the aircraft as that of the projectile. It was only an experimental weapon and as far as I have been able to discover was never used operationally. Graham Greene in his book, German Warplanes of World War Two, suggests that the development and the potential of considerably increased range and greater hitting power offered by guided missiles ensured that the Luftwaffe's interest was directed elsewhere. Brian Ross =============================================================================== bxr307@coombs.anu.oz | Sociology Dept.,R.S.S.S., | Australian National University bxr307@csc.anu.oz | Canberra, Australia ===============================================================================