[vanir]

Vickers took a page out of Rheinmetall's book and modified the mid-30's British 2-pounder anti-armour weapon, creating the S-cannon of 40mm. It has an armour penetration of around 50mm at 500yds, which is good enough to knock out Pz.III and IV models. The Hurricane didn't carry many rounds for them though and they had a low rate of fire and tremendous recoil. Two .303 Brownings were also fitted to the wings for sighting, ground suppression and self defence. The S-cannon fitment was said to weigh the Hurrican II down quite a bit, as well as slowed it and reduced manoeuvrability.

Later the 6-pounder was modified to create the Molins gun.

[Guest]

then try to make a new plane in the list then, also ther's no cheatin then

[Radoye]

...modified the mid-30's British 2-pounder anti-armour weapon....

My impression was that it was the naval 2pdr AA gun (the so-called "pom-pom") that was modified, not the 2pdr AT gun.

[vanir]

Vickers-Armstrong developed the British Ordinance 2-pounder anti-tank gun and I should think with the same armour penetration as the field weapon it probably uses its breech. The barrel looks all new. A loader would have to have been adapted, perhaps this is from the AA weapon?
The AA gun was developed for a high rate of fire and good charge weight, it doesn't have quite near the breech pressures, but like the Oerlikon they are much better to modify for aerial weapons. In this case however, I'm fairly certain it was taken from the field weapon cartridge/breech combination, like the Molins.

[Radoye]

from http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk/37-40mm.htm

The RAF's 40mm Anti-Tank Gun

The importance of being able to destroy tanks from the air became obvious. Bombs were not sufficiently accurate, so thoughts turned to large-calibre guns. The naval 2 PR No.1 cartridge had already been selected as the basis for an airborne bomber defence gun which had actually been fitted to a much-modified Wellington bomber. The RAF therefore decided to adapt the gun for anti-tank purposes. The reason that the naval cartridge was chosen rather than the army's 2 PR No.2 was that the lower power reduced recoil and led to a smaller and much lighter gun. The lower velocity was considered acceptable as the aircraft would be firing at very short range. Special loadings were developed for the case, the standard AP shot weighing 1.13 kg and capable of defeating armour plate about 50mm thick at 360m (although the normal attack range was considerably less than this). A 1.36 kg shot was introduced in 1942, improving penetration by 9%.

Vickers S:


Naval 2pdr "pom-pom":


Army 2pdr ATG:

[Guest]

so which of the guns in il2 would be the closest to this vickerss??????

that is in penetration and balistics and all that stuff

[Tyberan]

ever since the desert maps made an appearance in IL2 i've been dreaming of a hurri with the 40mm cannons. I had no idea that they sevrelly reduced the performance of the hurri. If someone was willing to undertake this mod and do it properly (new FM or whatever) it would take a serious amount of fluffing around to get it right. It would be a cool mod to have but rather excessive amount of work for a minor armament addition. I guess it should go on the maybe one day later pile.

[RAF_Magpie]

Yes, there's no doubt about how much work it will take - hell, even the most minor mods require signifigant effort.

The team here, at AAA however, are dedicated to getting things as accurate as they can, whilst getting the community what they want, and what honestly deserves to be 'in-game'

I feel, as others do, that a "can opener" would be a good addition, and one worth the stuffing around. And regarding the stuffing around, its all within the excelent abilties of our team here.

I believe that they're working on the Volks filter, and have been for a while. The armament, is doable, and has been done 'en-mass' before, so for one new type of armament, I doubt our mod-gods will even blink an eye.

[handerson]

I don't really think so that the 2-pounder gun was that strong because the british sometimes
don't say the truth about their weapons like the 17-pdr gun wasn't that dangerous
to destroy a Tiger II tank.

[Fisneaky]

I don't really think so that the 2-pounder gun was that strong because the british sometimes
don't say the truth about their weapons like the 17-pdr gun wasn't that dangerous
to destroy a Tiger II tank.

Lol , everyone knows you need "Paint shells" to take on a Tiger.

[handerson]

I don't really think so that the 2-pounder gun was that strong because the british sometimes
don't say the truth about their weapons like the 17-pdr gun wasn't that dangerous
to destroy a Tiger II tank.

Lol , everyone knows you need "Paint shells" to take on a Tiger.

HAHAHAHA very funny :lol: .