Comment by arethuza
10 years ago
Upward firing weapons were actually used in a number of fighters - originally in WW1 for attacking zeppelins:
10 years ago
Upward firing weapons were actually used in a number of fighters - originally in WW1 for attacking zeppelins:
The Schräge Musik approach is also 'Keep It Simple' in contrast to the American over-complicate-it approach.
That term is also interesting as they considered jazz music to be 'queer'.
Ultimately though it was fuel that mattered. When the USA joined the war half way through it meant that Allied planes were on 100 octane petrol, meanwhile the Germans were using some glorified coal slurry and the Japanese were using some tree bark extract made by school kids.
Don't forget the Defiant, a WW2 fighter whose only armament consisted of a rearward-facing turret.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulton_Paul_Defiant