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Re: Ki-21 Sally remote-control tail "stinger"?
Wow, thank you. That is exactly what I was looking for. So, perhaps not all that "advanced", but certainly a pretty clever way to deal with the "blind spot" behind the tail of most bombers. It may have been difficult to operate, but it's better than a fixed rear-firing gun, or no gun at all. And switching between guns was probably still easier than the task of gunners in planes like the Do 17 or 217, where one gunner was expected to operate both lateral guns as well as the ventral gun by moving around between the guns (I still can't imagine how they manage that, unless given several seconds warning as to the direction of attack). Still, a lot of very good stuff in that article. I'll have to presume the setup was similar or the same in the earlier "Sally I" versions. Thank you again.
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