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Re: rear-firing pods on Me109
The basic fallacy of fixed-rearward firing guns is that the attacked aircraft has to maneouvre in such a way that it places the attacking fighter into a near-ideal position - ideal that is for the attacking fighter. Moving in a way to place yourself slap in front of your enemy is a pretty poor idea.
It might have some limited (very limited) value as a scare gun for a comparatively slow immobile bomber, but Goran has clearly stated the penalties for a small light PR aircraft. And as he describes, the fighter is very unlikely to be sitting in the firepath of the fixed gun anyway.
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