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To: NorseViking

And what Russian plane had a ball turret gunner?


14 posted on 08/11/2019 7:07:31 PM PDT by jmacusa ("If wisdom is not the Lord, what is wisdom?''.)
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To: jmacusa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petlyakov_Pe-8

The tail gunner had a powered turret with a ShVAK and, most unusually, there were manually operated ShVAK cannon mounted at the rear of each inner engine nacelle


15 posted on 08/11/2019 8:05:23 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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To: jmacusa
And what Russian plane had a ball turret gunner?

LOL...........cue Ted Baxter :)

WELL...........WE'RE WAITING !

16 posted on 08/11/2019 8:11:26 PM PDT by onona (Mexico is a parasite)
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To: jmacusa

Maybe not the most correct definition most of the time although some had. Let’s just say gunners.


17 posted on 08/11/2019 8:56:20 PM PDT by NorseViking
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