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Originally Posted by Graebarde
Found what I was looking for in the WW2 aircraft with LCG in the nose.. Bell P-39 had a 37mm firing through the rotor hub. Don't ask me how..
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The engine was behind the pilot, placing a shaft under the pilot's legs up to the prop. Worth adding that some PT boats began fitting the 37mm cannon from wrecked P-39's (including the built-in 30 round magazine) as a deck gun.
The Me 109, with a front engine, had a short 20mm cannon that fired through the propeller hub.
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just what it says... knew that I saw something on one somewhere... Not may built, and I know there were some in service in PAO.. met an old timer at church years back that flew them, then transfered to P-38 Lightning.
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Either the P-38 prototype or first model had a 37mm rather than 20mm nose gun.