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World Air Force Gunship Idea

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Weaver

#15
July 07, 2016, 05:13:02 AM
Quote from: Flyer on July 07, 2016, 04:26:40 AM
How about a fleet of smaller aircraft (Skyvan, Airvan, Nomad etc...) each equipped with a few miniguns and or a Howitzer to fly in a circle following each other and deliver a cone of concentrated fire from multiple directions?

That's an evil idea. The risk would be collisions, but I'm sure some avionics-based solution could be found.
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zenrat

#16
July 07, 2016, 06:47:26 PM
If you've got air superiority then why not use a Gunblimp?

You could float over the enemy for as long as you wanted.  Resupply by chopper maybe?

Fred

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Flyer

#17
July 07, 2016, 06:56:58 PM
Time to get to target may be a issue, not to mention recoil vs buoyancy. ;D
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zenrat

#18
July 08, 2016, 02:51:24 AM
I'm now sitting here giggling at the thought of a Gunblimp bouncing backwards out of view as it fires it's 105mm gun.
I suppose you could drop anchor before opening fire?

If it had a large number of gatlings then as well as going backwards when it fired it would also rise as at it rapidly got lighter.

Shame.  I quite liked the idea.
Fred

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Weaver

#19
July 08, 2016, 05:28:43 AM
In the proto-steampunk book The Warlord of the Air by Michael Moorcock, heavier-than-air craft had never been developed, and majestic fleets of airships did battle with large-calibre recoilless cannons.



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Captain Canada

#20
July 08, 2016, 06:00:40 AM
Great shots thanks for sharing !

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McColm

#21
July 08, 2016, 11:26:58 AM
A jet powered airship?

zenrat

#22
July 09, 2016, 02:27:41 AM
Quote from: Weaver on July 08, 2016, 05:28:43 AM
In the proto-steampunk book The Warlord of the Air by Michael Moorcock, heavier-than-air craft had never been developed, and majestic fleets of airships did battle with large-calibre recoilless cannons.





Ah yes.  The Oswald Bastable Trilogy consisting of the Warlord of The Air, The Land Leviathan and The Steel Tsar.
I have them and must re-read them.  Catherine Cornelius and Una Persson make an appearance IIRC but then that's usual with Moorcock's intermeshing characters and story lines.

Fred

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