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26th January 2015, 12:43

HGabor

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Re: Soviet naval aircraft type

Looks like just a 'psychological' defence weapon against fighter attacks from the back. Its main purpose could be to scare off the attacking fighters from the blind zone of the gunners. (Never researched weapon statistics though.)

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