Slumped pilot & Gunner plus HE111 H-6 mg in tail cone

[Flying Pencil]

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Originally Posted by =69.GIAP=TOOZ

With gore=1 you get blood spatter in the He-111 and the U2VS:

Never liked it, too much blood, and it looks more like paint.

Agreed, looks like day glow paint applied by paint gun.

[bf-110]

I have a program called IL2 Shturmovik Stab 6.3,and in one of the options there is "gore",but nothing new happens if enabled.
Also,I never saw the pilots laying on the plane like in the U-2.

[Fearless_1]

Not all planes were given gore. It goes back to getting the game cleared for an 'everybody' rating.

[Fergal69]

Anyone fancy taking a shot (excuse the pun) as to who fired the mg in the tail cone of a HE111.

Was there some sort of gun sight so you could see what you were shooting at, such as a periscope, or was it just fired in the hope of hitting something.

[Blackdog_kt]

I'm not entirely sure about this, since it's a fuzzy memory dating back to my primary school years of sneaking in the storage room and reading my fathers collection of WWII aviation and history books (like the Salamander encyclopedia of WWII aircraft, i still have that and it's great, tattered hardback covers and all) when i should be studying

In any case, i might have read in some book among those that the rear MG was probably fired by the pilot but it wasn't aimed, so it was mostly in an effort to scare a pursuing fighter that was attacking from dead six rather than score hits. Since the top turret gunner's field of fire probably doesn't extent that low, maybe he would tell the pilot over the intercom when to shoot?

I might be entirely wrong, after all the luftwaffe was famous for weird gun placement on their twins and the Ar234 Blitz bomber also had rear-firing armament that the pilot could not only fire, but also aim through a periscope sight. I'm sure others will shed more light on this.

[winny]

Originally Posted by Fergal69

Anyone fancy taking a shot (excuse the pun) as to who fired the mg in the tail cone of a HE111.

Was there some sort of gun sight so you could see what you were shooting at, such as a periscope, or was it just fired in the hope of hitting something.

I also think the pilot fired it.. And it's fixed so no aiming. It was known as the stinger.