http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/07/03/inventors-offer-thousands-of-ideas-to-help-beat-the-axis/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:54:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/07/03/inventors-offer-thousands-of-ideas-to-help-beat-the-axis/#comment-1061033 KAT Sun, 28 Sep 2008 02:54:06 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/07/03/inventors-offer-thousands-of-ideas-to-help-beat-the-axis/#comment-1061033 The ground strafer isn't such a wacky idea. The first "Spooky" gunships made it to Vietnam in the very early Sixties using old C-47's. The B-57 had a Gatling gun in its belly for strafing along with a plethora of guns in its wings. It is just that the orbit of the Spooky allowed concentration on a single target. Besides, who is going to stand under an oncoming aircraft firing down vertically? The ground strafer isn’t such a wacky idea. The first “Spooky” gunships made it to Vietnam in the very early Sixties using old C-47’s. The B-57 had a Gatling gun in its belly for strafing along with a plethora of guns in its wings. It is just that the orbit of the Spooky allowed concentration on a single target. Besides, who is going to stand under an oncoming aircraft firing down vertically?

]]> http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/07/03/inventors-offer-thousands-of-ideas-to-help-beat-the-axis/#comment-424145 Some neat ideas to beat the Russians, oops, the Axis! - World War II Forums Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:17:23 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/07/03/inventors-offer-thousands-of-ideas-to-help-beat-the-axis/#comment-424145 [...] neat ideas to beat the Russians, oops, the Axis! Modern Mechanix » Inventors Offer Thousands of Ideas to Help Beat the Axis And an earlier Lend Lease Modern Mechanix » America’s Part in Soviet Engineering Triumphs [...] [...] neat ideas to beat the Russians, oops, the Axis! Modern Mechanix » Inventors Offer Thousands of Ideas to Help Beat the Axis And an earlier Lend Lease Modern Mechanix » America’s Part in Soviet Engineering Triumphs [...]

]]> http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/07/03/inventors-offer-thousands-of-ideas-to-help-beat-the-axis/#comment-311157 Emcha Sun, 08 Jul 2007 22:54:56 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/07/03/inventors-offer-thousands-of-ideas-to-help-beat-the-axis/#comment-311157 That downward-firing ground strafer was actually built by soviets during WWII. That downward-firing ground strafer was actually built by soviets during WWII.

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