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Originally Posted by Panther Al
The ground attack version of the B25 is rather cool, I'll be the first to admit, but there is three things to take into consideration:
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As to size, the B-25 was also able to carry an impressive bomb and rocket load compare to the Hs 129 as well.
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2. The 75mm was a pack howitzer, not a panzer main gun.
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No, it wasn't a howitzer, but it' wasn't a high velocity gun. A variant of it was used as the main gun of the M-24 Chaffee light tank.
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3. Though much larger, it wasn't all that much faster nor armoured to speak of.
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Well, it had basic armor to protect against aircraft MGs, IIRC
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Granted, this isn't that big a deal since it was to be used in area's that wasn't lousy with AAA.
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I think the Japanese AA gunners on the ships were better than that
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That said (and yes, a few Ju88's was test fitted with a KwK40), the strafe-bomber version of the B25 has to my favorite version of all. How can you not like 8 50's and a Pack75 in the nose of *any* airplane?
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I believe the turret could be locked forward and it's guns fired by the pilot, so add two more .50's.