Yanks and their MG's

[Buren]

I know for sure that all of the 4th Fighter Group Tbolts had 6 guns.
This is an example of a 6 gun 47. If you look closely you can see that the outmost gun ports are covered. No idea which particular fighter group this plane is from.
The six gun option was probably more common with the earlier variants of the Jug considering they had a more immature version of the engine, not sure about the details though. :S

My only real gripe with the Jug ingame that the 3d cockpit is subpar compared to all other examples.
DT should at least try to retexture/replace the gunsight, that orange blob is just plain ugly.

@WTE_Galway
Could you link to that discussion please? Many thanks.

[WTE_Galway]

Originally Posted by Buren

@WTE_Galway
Could you link to that discussion please? Many thanks.

It was spread through one of those endless "0.50 cal are nerfed" troll threads that popup over on UBI regularly.

I don't have it linked but do have some of the reference material linked from it, all of which mentions 6 and 8 gun versions but none say anything conclusive about what was used when and where:



P47 tactical trials:
http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.o...-47c-afdu.html

Flight manual (unfortunately I think the preview of the trigger and gun section has been removed)
http://books.google.com.au/books?id=...page&q&f=false


P47 test flight journal from June 1943
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...g=content;col1

[BadAim]

Buren, The outermost gun is covered with tape to protect it from debris. The other guns have condoms over them. This was a common practice.

[Buren]

@BadAim

Oh, ok. It looked way too similar to a model of a 6 gun example.

@WTE_Galway

Thanks. Going to check them out.