Placing the Bell P39 Aircobra.

[tcolvin]

Originally Posted by Juha

Tony
How typical to You! The Typhoon case is from combat situation and Il-2 case from test. Are you claiming that ground fire had no effect to accuracy of ground attack planes?
Juha

Of course not. I said the results were identical. Maybe 'consistent' is more accurate, and I pointed out the difference in the test environment. Certainly the results are not inconsistent which was what Franek was saying.

Perhaps you have forgotten, or never knew, the reason 2TAF adopted the rocket projectile. It was because it allowed the pilot to stand off from the target and release his munitions from a safer distance than from a gun or a bomb. The pilot had a slightly better chance of living when he fired an RP than when he fired a gun.

The rocket projectile was inaccurate and ineffective because of its notorious gravity drop. This was inherent and made the RP ineffective. It didn't matter whether the pilot spoke German, Russian or English, or whether he flew a Hs129, IL-2 or Typhoon, or whether the RP was made in Birmingham, Essen or Tula. Rocketswere all the same - bloody useless.

Or do you have a contrary point of view? If so then spit it out, man!

Tony