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P-40 Firing live ammunition for first time in 80 years
Posted on 7/6/26 at 10:59 am
Posted on 7/6/26 at 10:59 am
Figured some of the history and aviation guys here would enjoy this.
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Posted on 7/6/26 at 11:12 am to Yammie250F
This post was edited on 7/6/26 at 11:13 am
Posted on 7/6/26 at 11:22 am to Yammie250F
So fricking cool
Posted on 7/6/26 at 12:02 pm to Yammie250F
that is BAD arse 
beautiful paint job too
beautiful paint job too
Posted on 7/6/26 at 12:12 pm to Yammie250F
Was the P-40, with six 50 caliber machine guns, the original WartHog!
Posted on 7/6/26 at 12:16 pm to Yammie250F
Burmese markings but not the Flying Tiger group.
Joking. Fun story.
Joking. Fun story.
This post was edited on 7/6/26 at 12:18 pm
Posted on 7/6/26 at 2:55 pm to Yammie250F
My dumbass brain locked into thinking that read p90 and I was like ain't no way the p90 is 80+ years old lol
That footage has a bizarre feeling to it, seeing something from the past live and firing and flying around in high def color. Awesome clip.
That footage has a bizarre feeling to it, seeing something from the past live and firing and flying around in high def color. Awesome clip.
Posted on 7/6/26 at 4:44 pm to One72
Must be a late model version of the P-40 to have 6 wing guns and not the .30 that shot through the propeller.
Posted on 7/6/26 at 4:49 pm to FightinIrish
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Must be a late model version of the P-40 to have 6 wing guns and not the .30 that shot through the propeller.
A careful historian.
Posted on 7/6/26 at 5:04 pm to FightinIrish
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Must be a late model version of the P-40 to have 6 wing guns and not the .30 that shot through the propeller.
Looks like a P-40N
Posted on 7/6/26 at 5:10 pm to Crow Pie
I would say the P47 was. 8 50cals plus bombs/rockets for ground attack. And could take a ton of damage and make it home.
Posted on 7/6/26 at 5:34 pm to Yammie250F
I am reading God is my Co-pilot right now... Col Scott Just got his P40 and he is protecting cargo planes and strafing ground troops.
Fantastic book...
Fantastic book...
Posted on 7/6/26 at 5:42 pm to FightinIrish
Early P40's had two fifties in the nose and four thirties, 2 in each wing.
Posted on 7/6/26 at 5:51 pm to Yammie250F
Can we call in coordinates?
Posted on 7/6/26 at 6:20 pm to choppadocta
Early P40's had two fifties in the nose and four thirties, 2 in each wing.
Good catch. I remembered it being vice versa. Must be a different plane I'm thinking of.
Good catch. I remembered it being vice versa. Must be a different plane I'm thinking of.
Posted on 7/6/26 at 6:28 pm to Yammie250F
Had a Client who flew. P-51. He wrote a book which he signed. He had his name plate from his Plane.
Posted on 7/6/26 at 6:40 pm to Crow Pie
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Was the P-40, with six 50 caliber machine guns, the original WartHog!
Nope. Always the P-47. Took until the E version to get six .50 cals. P-47 always had eight and built to take damage.
Posted on 7/6/26 at 6:56 pm to Yammie250F
It's a P-40n-1, in the livery of the 23rd fighter group. Detailed as Gregory Boyingtons aircraft.
This post was edited on 7/7/26 at 3:14 am
Posted on 7/6/26 at 9:55 pm to Yammie250F
Furthe Col Scott said... When he test fired the guns for the first time that it actually slowed the speed of the ship with the recoil. Also sometimes one side of the guns would misfire and it would almost turn the ship.
I) meant to post what he said about the beginning of the War when he was back home in the USA with his family. It was about how great this Nation was and it was up to him and others to keep it that way for his family and others.
Total difference from some people today.
I) meant to post what he said about the beginning of the War when he was back home in the USA with his family. It was about how great this Nation was and it was up to him and others to keep it that way for his family and others.
Total difference from some people today.
Posted on 7/6/26 at 9:59 pm to Yammie250F
Yep. I’ve built it.
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