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EACH TURRET WAS CONTROLLED BY AN ARRAY OF MORE THAN 100 TUBES WHICH CALCULATED THE RELATIVE MOTION AND DISTANCE FROM THE B29 TO THE ATTACKING PLANE. tHE INFORMATION ON WHICH YHE CALCULATION WAS MADE CAME FROM AN ELECTRONIC SCOPE OPERATED BY THE REMOTE CONTROL GUNNERY COMMANDER. OPERATED THIS SYSTEM iPERSONNALYON A B29 IN 1944 AND HAD A SCORE OF 85% IN SHOOTING DOWN AN ATTACKING PLANE. i HAD TO VIEW THE ATTACKING PLANE THROUGH A SCOPE,KEEPING A RING IN THE SCOPE ON THE TIP OF THE WINGS OF THE OPPOSING PLANE. NATURRALY AS THE ENEMY CAME CLOSER THE SIZE OF THE PLANE WOULD INCREASE AND I WOULD SMOOTHLY ADJUST YHE SIZE OF THE RINGS.tHE SCOPE TRACKED THE RELATIVE MOTION AND CLOSING DISTANCE. 30 SECONDS WAS ALL THAT THE SYSTEM NEEDED FOR A PARFECT HIT. iSAT IN A BUBBLE ON TOP OF THE B29 AND THE SCOPE REVOLVED WITH ME, SO THAT I HAD A 360 DEGREE VIEW. TO SUCCESFULY OPERATE THIS SYSTEM I HAD TO SPOT AN INCOMING PLANE AT ABOUT 25 MILES DISTANCE,IMMEDIATELY PICK IT UP IN MY SCOPE AND SMOOTHLY TRACK IT AND ADJUST THE RINGS AROUND THE WING TIPS. aFTER ABOUT 10 SECONDS I PRESSED THE TRIGGER. 16 MACHINE GUNS WERE CONTROLLED BY THIS SYSTEM.THE CLOSING SPEED APPROACHED 800 MILES AN HOUR IN A HEAD ON ATTACK BUT I ENCOUNTERED VERY FEW OF THESE.i WOULD IMMEDIATLY PRESS THE TRIGGER WHICH WAS THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE I HAD
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What were blow guns made out of?
Blow gun
What are the types of weapons used in war?
Guns, bombs, planes.
What do you call a scientist who studies guns?
Gunsmith? look at the yahoo Canada answer for this.
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No. There are laser pointers that are available to the public, but they are not weapons. Laser guns as you see in science fiction do not exist.
How much do different guns weigh?
it really all depends on what type and size or caliberit really all depends on what type and size or caliber
What types of guns did B29 bombers have?
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What was the type of plane that dropped atomic bomb on Nagasaki?
b29
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they were dropped from b29 bombers
What was the name of the pilot which dropped the atom bomb?
boxcar b29
Where is the B29 boxcar of World War 2 now?
Ohio
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yes hobby tron guns work if not then I am thinking of the wrong gun
How many us b29 bombers were able to fly to safely land on Iwo Jima?
According to official records, about 2400 emergency landings were made on the island by B29's and presumably, by their P51 escort fighters.
Who is invented the enola gay plane?
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What place was the US B29 bomber plane targeted in Hiroshima?
Enola gay.
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How does a stun baton work?
They work similar to stun guns.
What kind of license do you need to work on gun and build guns?
I don't think you have to have a license to work on guns, but I'm not sure about that. To manufacture guns, you have to have a manufacturers license. Check with the BATF for more information.
