A WW2 Fighter with No Forward Facing Guns
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- čas přidán 13. 09. 2024
- When you think of fighter aircraft of the Second World War you wouldn't typically think of an aircraft with a turret. But during World War Two the British created such a fighter. Perhaps its strangest feature though was a lack of forward facing guns. In today's video we look at the Boulton Paul Defiant.
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What did you think about the RAF Defiant fighter plane? Had you ever heard of it before?
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Wow, that's an interesting design. Very cool how they adapted it to different roles as its advantages were being countered over time.
Agreed, it was an interesting design for a fighter that’s for sure!
I was working on an AU (Alternate Universe) fic of WW2 in the Pacific war, and the British have these planes, but in the fic, they also have forward guns to aid in bomber escort, and to help strafe hostile ships
I've seen these in random photos in various history books, but they never had any description or information provided with them; honestly, due to the lack of information, I just assumed it must have been a rare or prototype torpedo bomber with a more aggressive defensive turret, as it looks similar to the TBF Avenger; thank you for educating us with the true nature of this aircraft! ☺️
Glad you enjoyed the video and was able to take something away from it!
Never heard of that one.
Glad you were able to learn something!
Very interesting plane
Indeed! Not a typical fighter that’s for sure
Ah, yes, Boulton Paul Defiant , the most "un-fightery" fighter plane ever :)
A strange design for a ‘fighter’ that’s for sure!
Lots of interwar ideas did not do so well in practice. Like the 2 seat carrier fighters, or the multi-flight deck carrier concept. French multi-roll med bomber/attack/recon planes. Infantry tanks. The ratio of prewar American carrier fighters to attack aircraft was found to be very lacking. Even just the fact that most nations went into WW2 with the same bolt action rifles they had used in WW1, just beggar's belief.
Great points there Michael! Seems to have taken the ‘old heads’ some time to come around to the fast pace of the Second World Wars technology
4:04 - that's Polish checkerboard under the cockpit :O Didn't know Polish pilots flew these :O
Yes I believe the Polish flew them along with several other allied forces