Wrong plane there, indie
Did you know that turrets...
Now name a fighter from WWII with a turret as its primary weapon? Forward-fixed weapons are primary weapons for a reason.
Gonna point this out again. Turrets were not used as primary weapons because coordinating maneuvers with a turret gunner is nearly impossible in the heat of battle. Bombers got away with it due to the stable flight-paths they generally flew. Were that not the case, all WWII fighters would've used turret gunners as opposed to forward fixed weapons.This is why its not only more balanced, but logical that there should be some sort of penalty for firing out of arc.
The vast majority of turrets in both world wars did not fire 360 degrees, mainly the top-side on WW2 bombers and the belly-bubble-turret underneath a B-17
(I have no idea what the correct name in English is for that thing)
I am not sure about 360 firing turrets in WW1, aren't they at risk shooting of the top wing?
They had safeguards that prevented that, usually, iirc. Just like the forward guns would shoot between the props.
Authentic WWI footage from 1989, depicting events in Nazi Germany.
I totally forgot world war 1 and 2 turrets were faster and more maneuverable than thier counterparts while having no reduction in firepower. And holy cow, the ability to regenerate ones ship midflight and spontaneous generate additional armor must have been a huge combat advantage. Strange its never been bought up before.
Stilgod,there was a WWII fighter with a turret primary,the British Boulton -Paul Defiant,which as a daylight fighter was a complete failure,however once it was refitted as a night fighter,it became much more successful. For armament,she was armed with a quad Browning 0.303" turret.
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Don't forget The Northrop P-61 Black Widow! It was a fighter with a turret also used the the U. S. In WW II.
Stilgod,there was a WWII fighter with a turret primary,the British Boulton -Paul Defiant,which as a daylight fighter was a complete failure,however once it was refitted as a night fighter,it became much more successful. For armament,she was armed with a quad Browning 0.303" turret.
The a/c failed at dogfighting single-seat a/c for the exact reasons I described. It excelled at taking out large targets such as bombers, and since most bombing operations took place at night, the fighter was repurposed to specialize in night fighting where it had the most targets. Even with its later success, it was still near-useless in a dogfight against a BF-109 or other small fighters.
Don't forget The Northrop P-61 Black Widow! It was a fighter with a turret also used the the U. S. In WW II.
The turret on the Widow was not its primary weapon, it had 4 fixed cannons and 4 fixed machine guns. The turret could even be fixed forward by the pilot of needed.