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Old June 6th, 2007, 09:25 PM
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Default Re: Most clever / inventive weapon of the war

Thanks TA 152! Tried to post a pic here but, it was just too big. Anyway, I found these sites.....*Unless you understand Spanish you may have to re-type the first site and click "translate" to get the English version.....sorry.....

www.europa1939.com/luftwaffe/apoyo/fw189.html

www.wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/s/219/2/1

Although I found conflicting information (which means any one of them could be spurious) on the Schrage Musik installations, I.e., two 15mm, one 15mm and one 20mm, it is the 20mm version that looks most likely to have been the one used. Notwithstanding the above, all Schrage Musik armed Fw 189 seem to have been employed within I NJG/100 on the Eastern Front. A particular aircraft with this unit is on the bottom website with the serial number W7+WM. Another aircraft (in a book I have) has the fuesalage number W7+CB which also has a single mounted 20mm? Schrage Musik. It's easy to distinguish what would be the Schrage Musik installation because of the forward slanting attitude of the gun as opposed to the dorsal turret installation which did not rotate? a full 360 degrees. Does anyone know where to look up aircraft serial numbers on the net? This might solve the question.
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Last edited by wilconqr; June 6th, 2007 at 09:50 PM. Reason: Language barrier and picture problem.....
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