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Old 23rd August 2007, 23:04
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Re: JU-88 C-6 without gondola

Backwards-firing gun pack !

The Luftwaffe seems never to have abandoned the idea that backwards-firing fixed small caliber MG's were anything but a waste of fuel, but it does explain the periscope.

The image of a Ju-88 pilot trying to evade a heavily armed fighter on his tail with one eye stuck on the periscope sight is not a pretty one.
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