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Originally Posted by bobbysocks
soviet, what kind of MGs were these? make/model?? they have the gas tube extended beyond the leading edge...very interesting. almost looks like a modified dshk...
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Depending on the type, but just sticking with the Type 24 since everyone's familiar with that Type and it's what most airshow models simulate, they'd have twin 7.62mm ShKAS in the nose and twin 20mm ShVAK cannons in the wings. Though models starting from the Type 1 (Prototype) up to the Type 10 would have had just ShKAS 7.62mm MGs. Though it was the Type 6 & Type 10 that had four MGs all around (two being where the 20mm cannons would later be placed on the later models. Type 1's up to Type 5s just had twin MGs in the nose.
But sticking with the Type 24, the cannons weren't all that long (just look at the size of a I-16s prop that's still,) I think they just made them farther out for dramatic effect or something?