03.12.2007, 17:10
I was mostly shocked how fast a Betty bomber can knock you out of the sky with it's 20 mm cannon. I always thought this was considered easy prey.
Obviously the way ai gunners shoot is simplified but I guess it encourages evasive measures.
And concerning the gun cam films of german planes firing from the six o clock of an enemy bomber, I think the grim truth is that the tail gunner had been knocked out. There is a famous guncamera sequence where the fighter goes in really close and the gunner doesn't react...I'm almost certain he was dead.
Obviously the way ai gunners shoot is simplified but I guess it encourages evasive measures.
And concerning the gun cam films of german planes firing from the six o clock of an enemy bomber, I think the grim truth is that the tail gunner had been knocked out. There is a famous guncamera sequence where the fighter goes in really close and the gunner doesn't react...I'm almost certain he was dead.