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Re: The Northrop B-35 was difficult to defend
The immediate design as illustrated in the photos, shows a large turret above that rear conical protrusion. However the design could have been altered to put selsyn controlled twin 20mm tail guns or quad 50 cals in the rear cone before they sent that thing off to war.
For whatever tactical reasons, the fact remains that the USAF rejected the design and it was scrapped.
The US military struggled to find a practical bomber at the end of the propeller age.
They went to war in Korea and the billions of dollars worth of the follow on B-36s didn't go with them.
They were obsolete also.
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 You'll to be bombing from 9000, we can't get any accurate hits on those sub pens from 18000.
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