And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Sunday, February 22, 2015
B-25H “Barbie III” showing 75mm M5 gun and 4 Browning 50 cal feeds
Toward the end of WW2, both US and German aircraft began sporting genuine cannon for direct fire missions where accuracy counted. The German Stuka and later Fokke Wulf aircraft mounted essentially two 3" rifles to take out tanks. Today we use missiles to do the job (unless you're in a Spectre Gunship) but I've always found that evolution interesting.
Toward the end of WW2, both US and German aircraft began sporting genuine cannon for direct fire missions where accuracy counted. The German Stuka and later Fokke Wulf aircraft mounted essentially two 3" rifles to take out tanks. Today we use missiles to do the job (unless you're in a Spectre Gunship) but I've always found that evolution interesting.
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