Response to Glider and Juha.

[Kurfürst]

Originally Posted by Juha

Hello Kurfûrst
as you can see from message #6 in this thread, at least some CAS Typhoons had substantial extra armour, more specifically according to older message by Chris Thomason 26th July 2007 17:11, see:Impact of Allied fighter-bombers (http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=9525)

Quote: “…the Typhoon was armoured. Mod 346 (55 lbs of fixed armour) and 347 (496 lbs of removable armour) were introduced in spring 1944. I am not sure of the exact disposition of this armour but photos show trial installations of sheet armour applied to the cockpit sides and floor and around the radiator…”


Juha

Thanks for the heads up. The key sentence seems to be (continued): "...Nor do I know to what extent this armour was employed on operations. However many photos of Typhoons from D-day onwards show stencilling on the radiator fairings - "This fairing is armoured" - as a warning to groundcrew who might be removing the fairing.'"

If it was present, common etc. it would certainly make them as armored as say 190F Schlacht planes (400 kg or about 850 lbs iirc), protecting engine, pilot from below, sides from small caliber fire.