The earlier 323s had more 7.9s than crew but they simply changed stations to fire as needed. When troops were carried loopholes in the sides allowed MG 34 gunners to add their weapons' fire.

The 323Ds added 2 13mm gun positions in the front loading doors. The Me 323E-1 and E-2 got rid of the 7.9s as they were too light. A turret atop each wing housed an MG 151 20mm cannon and 13mms replaced the aforementioned 7.9mms. One plane designated the Me 323E-2/WT (Waffentrarger or Weapons Carrier) was heavily armored witha crew of 17 mounting a total of 11- 20mm cannon and 4- 13mm MGs. Of course it was too slow for escorting anything......

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