yeah i mentioned them, close but not exactly the same because of the mid engine setup.

i didnt count the italians in there simply because all of the ones with hub cannons were using the same engine as the 109.

the Russian planes, while based on the HS motor were still their own designs. the Lagg-3 also had a nose cannon

the Machine guns were cowl mounted and synced to fire through the prop, but they DID have a central mounted cannon that fit through the engine itself and fired from the nose cone.

daaaamn Skay, a catch above your usual bag of goodies i must say!

well... this seems to be factually wrong.

the idea of a motor mounted cannon carried well into WWII. the BF-109 had one, as well as a series of pre/war time French and Russian fighters.

the American built P-39 and P-63 werent too far off either.

the NSX is a good looking car, but the RX-7 is by far the better looking of the two

ive already got an battle plan for such a thing but its impossible to pull off.

essentially, if we were friends with the Russians Daesh is set up perfectly for the old Berlin play. we dump troops back into Iraq Gulf War style and come charging across from the East. at the same, Russia troop dumps into Syria and comes…

ironically that could prevent another Afghanistan episode. we need to learn that working with the average “fighter” over there is always going to come back and bite us one way or another.

save the Kurds, those guys are worth backing up.

not sure where you were going with the beginning of your post..... especially cause i called no one a coward.
unless thats a comment on mine against the President, in which case i stand by it. i have never seen a leader of this nation with such a GIANT mouth with no action to back it up. its like he took the advice of…

given what the Russian people have been through the last 100 years, frankly id be afraid of pissing them off and starting a fight.

those people have spines made of Titanium

Watching this shit storm approaching, it makes me sit back and desperatly wish things between the Rusisans and the US were different.
this would be the PERFECT team building exercise. Russia sweeps from the west, we hit them from the east, the Kurds from the north, everyone meet in the middle and party when the…

Turkey is a NATO member so thats an open agreement.

Israel and Turkey have been quietly cooperating, but the Israeli’s do have permission to go through their airspace.

i cant comment on the Saudi’s

as one who drives an ex cop car, i HATE that effect! everyone slows up when im around and all i want is for them to GTF over and out of my way!

and i stand correct, thanks for that!

and credit to whoever built the ammo for the 25MM, its this weird hybrid of AP and explosive thats completley kick ass to watch.

i dont think i could hate it any more than i already do at this point.

we had better beg to the deieties that we dont get into a major, peer state war in the foreseeable future because that thing is going to leave our forces screwed

in comparison to the A, the C and B carry 220 rounds in an external gun pod versus i think 145 for the A. but the B and C can also fly without it.

slight correction, the AF model carries less than 150 rounds for its internal.

ehhhhh, sort of.

big panoramic windshield would probably prevent that. looking at it the roof is really thick over the rear seats and thats probably hiding the motors for that door mechanism

an enclosed rear end pickup? and with it the space and comfort tradeoff’s of such.

unless we switch to crossovers, then there really isnt much of a difference at all.

oh small SUV, how i miss thee