The Armory - Guns, Knives, and Axes

[Speaker to Animals]

Nah. They used their cannons.

https://www.manstonhistory.org.uk/jet-e ... v1-threat/

[Montegriffo]

Yeah, it shot down V1 rockets. It was awesome.

Did it actually shoot them down or tip them like Spitfires did?
I thought they were too dangerous to shoot as you would fly into the explosion and damage your plane.

I dunno. He might have had to tip it nose down with his wing

What the Spitfires did was fly inches below the V1 wingtip to wingtip which disturbed the airflow over it and caused them to spiral down into the channel or simply veer off course. Brave AF and highly skilled.
Only known image...


https://www.forces.net/radio/did-spitfi ... bs-out-sky

[Speaker to Animals]

The records indicate the Meteors opened fire on them.

That photo of the Spitfire is bad ass, though. That rocket was going to level some homes. Imagine climbing out of the cockpit after that.

[Montegriffo]

The records indicate the Meteors opened fire on them.

That photo of the Spitfire is bad ass, though. That rocket was going to level some homes. Imagine climbing out of the cockpit after that.

Don't know how the pilot was able to sit down with balls that big.
I think the problem with shooting them down was that you had to be far enough away from them to not fly into the debris which made them hard to hit. They often ran out of ammo. Spitfires only had about 13 seconds worth of bullets.

[Speaker to Animals]

The records indicate the Meteors opened fire on them.

That photo of the Spitfire is bad ass, though. That rocket was going to level some homes. Imagine climbing out of the cockpit after that.

Don't know how the pilot was able to sit down with balls that big.
I think the problem with shooting them down was that you had to be far enough away from them to not fly into the debris which made them hard to hit. They often ran out of ammo. Spitfires only had about 13 seconds worth of bullets.

Probably because the max level speed the Spitfire could achieve at that altitude was only a little faster than the V1 rocket. I am not sure what the Meteor could actually pull at 30-40k feet, but Wikipedia says it's "top speed" reached 460 mph. Not very helpful terminology or unit of measurement, but most likely it easily outpaced a V1 with the throttles pushed past mil. So I'd imagine he'd pull up behind, crank out of a few bursts, push the throttles and roll out of the way.

He could also just come up underneath it. Or dive down on it. A few good possibilities. You'd have to ask a fighter pilot for specifics. I just fixed what they broke.

[SuburbanFarmer]

Did it actually shoot them down or tip them like Spitfires did?
I thought they were too dangerous to shoot as you would fly into the explosion and damage your plane.

I dunno. He might have had to tip it nose down with his wing

What the Spitfires did was fly inches below the V1 wingtip to wingtip which disturbed the airflow over it and caused them to spiral down into the channel or simply veer off course. Brave AF and highly skilled.
Only known image...


https://www.forces.net/radio/did-spitfi ... bs-out-sky

Well that does answer the long-standing question I had about how wings achieve lift. I always figured it was pressure on the bottom of the wing, not vacuum above it.

[C-Mag]

Monte
I am awaiting your surrender on the T 34 debate.
I'm ice fishing and expect it upon my return.

[Montegriffo]

Monte
I am awaiting your surrender on the T 34 debate.
I'm ice fishing and expect it upon my return.

The tank which won the war in Europe wasn't quite as good as some people think.
Happy now?

As for surrender, I'm British so I will verbally fight you on the beaches, on the landing grounds and in the fields. I shall never surrender.
Maybe you confused me for an Italian or a filthy Frenchman?


Ps, good luck catching some ice. Hopefully you are better at that than you are at shooting deer.

[SuburbanFarmer]

Carlus is just helping to maintain the state monopoly on road construction.

[Speaker to Animals]

I dunno. He might have had to tip it nose down with his wing

What the Spitfires did was fly inches below the V1 wingtip to wingtip which disturbed the airflow over it and caused them to spiral down into the channel or simply veer off course. Brave AF and highly skilled.
Only known image...


https://www.forces.net/radio/did-spitfi ... bs-out-sky

Well that does answer the long-standing question I had about how wings achieve lift. I always figured it was pressure on the bottom of the wing, not vacuum above it.

He removed (really, negated) lift from the right winglet, causing the rocket to most likely roll over to the right and then stall.