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Originally Posted by zodiac
One question about that moveable part on his back. Isn't that meant to be totally retracted in order to turn the turret?
That is how I remember it from the days I made a scale model of a defiant... From the pictures I've seen it was always retracted if the turret was moving.
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A similar system on the Blackburn Roc.
Anecdotal Roc
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Originally Posted by Tony Pay in Britain at War magazine Nov 2010 edition
The Roc was so obsolete that it was quickly ruled out of the fighting.
One naval unit commander ordered that his Rocs should be used in an anti-aircraft role, parked around the 'drome turret manned during air-raids.
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