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Topic: P47D and rockets
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bjorn
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posted 03-07- 03:20 PM
  
A wish for help again.The P47 could be equipped with a number of different kind of rockets for ground attacks. The one I've found most references to is a 5" HVAR, which I assume is the same as the rocket for the P51 in SDOE. Others were in use, though, but I have not been able to find any data on them what so ever. Also... railings, tubes, whatever that they were kept on. Descriptions, images, anything. Can anyone lend a hand?
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JT
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posted 03-07- 04:36 PM
Hey,
I just did some reading on the subject. Apparently, the bazooka style launchers weren't phased out until like the D-40, which is way past what we're working on, which is the D-25 to D-28 series. Now, whether the bazooka style launchers fired different kinds of rockets, I don't know. Anyway, just thought I'd mention that to save you some time. IP: Logged |
jedi
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posted 03-07- 10:17 PM
I've got a real good cutaway of the P-47 and its weapons (but alas, no scanner)  The "bazooka" launchers look like 3 tubes just strapped together. The rocket fired by this looks like a scaled-down German bomb, or an elongated cannon round, as opposed to the 5-inch rockets, which it could also carry, and look like the rockets on the P-51. ------------------
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bjorn
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posted 03-08- 11:52 AM
Jedi,Great news. You don't happen to have any data on those bazooka style rockets? I can't do 3D modeling anyway, so for me that's a lost cause, but I might make whatever it'll look like behave like the real thing.
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DanW
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posted 03-08- 12:03 PM
Bjorn,I should be able to get to the hobby shop tommorow and check out that P47 Book. IP: Logged |
bjorn
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posted 03-08- 01:53 PM
Dan,Don't go out and spend money for my sake. If you want it anyway, though, I'd appreciate whatever you may find in it.
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jedi
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posted 03-08- 09:15 PM
According to the cutaway, the rocket launcher is called an M-10. It fires 3 M-8, 11.5 cm rockets. If you've ever seen a Russian torpedo in one of those sub movies, it looks like that, only more pointy  That's about the total of my knowledge on them... ------------------
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