Can you Mount a Tank Cannon to an Airplane? - |FLYOUT|

[@carteroverman6285]

I love it when you make planes that seem that they would never be made in real life, but also seem the could be brought up in a board meeting.

[@extraordinarytv5451]

To be fair tankbusters were a thing during ww2 and they were just this

[@aperson336]

ac 130 moment

[@aperson336]

@@extraordinarytv5451 i mean not a howitzer

[@toasterhavingabath6980]

Ace combat

[@freedomfighter2054]

@@aperson336yeah there was, the hs-129 mounted a 75

[@avi8aviate]

The props are supersonic. I hope the crew doesn't mind the absurdly loud sound generated... (cough cough Thunderscreech cough cough)

[@Cythil]

Helps mask the loud sound of the 152 mm howitzer. ;)

[@volatile100]

The T-6 Texan has supersonic props, at the tips at least. They're way louder than P-51s or P-47s. If you ever see the Honda Aeroshell team, you'll get it.

[@rustyATV]

*Tu-95 enter chat

[@haody3494]

@@rustyATVThat loud fellow is not supersonic but still very loud.

[@Kroggnagch]

I’m getting nauseous just standing next to this thing, boss! Is that normal? Lol

[@kaiserepsilon4011]

Engineer: "Sometimes you need a little less gun." (The Engineer was found 3 months later in a ditch.)

[@randomcontent789]

That’s what happens when you don’t use more gun when encountering a big mean mother Hubbard who wants to tear you a structurally superfluous new behind

[@kylewhite5695]

I love how we skipped 105 and 120 and went straight to 152mm. This isn’t a warthog, this is a rhino

[@nunyabidness674]

The A-10 Thunderbolt 2 (AKA the "Warthog") is only a 30mm, but it's a gatling style gun. We never really "Skipped" the 105s in production of cannon armed aircraft. The AC-130 carries those... If you really want to look at it a bit different, you could say that Japanese dive bombers responsible for the end of USS Arizona were armed with cannon ammo. The "bombs" were 14inch battleship shells in a casing that allowed them to be carried by the bombers.

[@Power5]

Largest on an actual Tank is 120mm from germany I think. M82 just went straight for heavy artillery. Not Gustav sized or anything but certainly massive to be flying overhead.

[@nunyabidness674]

@@Power5 lol, according to half of news reporters, a 155MM SPG isn't arty, it's a tank... Then you wind up with KZbin comments, leaving KZbin pushing that info...

[@GlopPlopJop]

​@@Power5russian 125's:

[@Camilo_Z]

​​@@Power5There were 140mm tank prototypes like the M1 Thumper or the Leclerc Terminateur, (and many more).

[@AriensYT]

Therapist: Twin engine XP-55 on crack with a howitzer doesn't exist it can't hurt you. Twin engine XP-55 with a howitzer:

[@Creamin_All_Offensive]

That's not an XP-55, it's a Horten J55-50-229-155 (least craziest German/American prototype plane design.

[@johnmccarty1650]

@@Creamin_All_Offensive and HS.129 B3 is the uncle

[@Echo-1010]

@@johnmccarty1650 and the Stuka "Kanonenvogel" is the grandfather 💀💀💀

[@deltacx1059]

This game needs to release in early access already, it's pretty dang polished for this point in development and the hype train is approaching the speed of light.

[@maxo.9928]

I'm getting tired of watching videos and hearing "you can dl the craft". Like, cool. 90% of the audience can't do anything with it.

[@kuhnville3145]

I definitely would want to see that, and I'd more than likely get it

[@deltacx1059]

@@maxo.9928 i love seeing what can be done but i want to do it after a point not watch someone do cool things.

[@dragonblaze_x1721]

I deal like they are worried about the fact that the game is just building with no campaign or any enemies really at all.

[@simplewolf5946]

@@maxo.9928 Yeah I'm right there with you on that. Like whats the point of keeping the project under wraps, but then distributing it to influencers who'll definitely get more eyeballs on the games then there would be if it was just released. Completely defeats the purpose of keeping your unfinished game out of the public eye. Beta testing is one thing, but at this point this is a straight up "influencer only" type game.

[@redactedredacted4080]

Next up 406 mm. Another use for this aircraft would be a heavy interceptor with proximity fused ammunition. As well as a bunker buster.

[@brody7714]

38cm rocket mortar xD

[@isaacm1929]

Fast & Movable CAS. Shoot and Fly tactics lol

[@XxMrsalsatenangoxX]

flying yamato battleship

[@shanedoesyoutube8001]

​@@XxMrsalsatenangoxXYamato's gun size was 460, not 406

[@merafirewing6591]

​@@shanedoesyoutube8001 great idea, mount a single 460mm gun in what will be the godzilla of planes.

[@Terrados1337]

Couple of things: Having the drum Magazine at the center of gravity is incredibly important in a plane like this. Very well done! Ammo is make up a significant amount of weight, so having the drum at center of gravity is the only way to give the pilot any chance of hitting consecutive shots, since there are no fly by wire aim assist shenanigans going given the level of tech. Also, given enough fuel capacity or even mid air refueling (aerial refueling was invented and used even before WW2) this this could be a potent ASW / convoy raid aircraft. Stick a radar on it, give it another seat for a navigator, done... Though the crews will probably hate it given the lack of accomodations for missions that last so long.

[@Knot_Sean]

I bet if he made the fuselage larger for atleast behind the pilot and a walkway / viewbubbles it would be a literal maritime attack/bomber,recon aircraft

[@ksavierkrajewski716]

tbh tho itd not really a drum mag but a carousel so it would become offbalanced

[@austinlaplante4203]

Honestly, that giant drum magazine in the center of the plane looks ridiculous but is also awesome. It give the plane a very interesting and unique silhouette.

[@rebel6301]

that opening skit was incredible, i love it

[@mbg4681]

Seems like this could have been a candidate for a lifting body to accomodate the ammo drum.

[@Phantom-bh5ru]

could you imagine the force on the plane as the massive autoloader quickly spins after every shot fired? the weight distribution as the plane becomes off balance as the autoloader is slowly drained of ammo?

[@insectinvasion4201]

That could be worked around just have the loader skip rounds to keep the balance close to normal and put the cg of the loader on the cg of the plane

[@Phantom-bh5ru]

@@insectinvasion4201 skippy rounds would help but as its reloading one side would still get lighter as the autoloader rotates. and if you have to autoloader rotate side to side instead of one way then the motion between reloads would be way higher than the other way and cause alot more rocking motion

[@devinlarson1947]

​@@Phantom-bh5ru Unless the auto loader has two drums that rotate opposite directions.

[@Phantom-bh5ru]

@@devinlarson1947 that would likely work but that would also be WAY WAY more complex, maintenance heavy, and prone to malfunctions

[@xxxanonymous3280]

​@@Phantom-bh5ru Maybe the autoloader should rotate about 180 degrees. So it picks up ammo on one side and then the other - this could keep the balance at one point (or near it as possible).

[@nukedoge17]

As the Germans, Italians, Americans, and Japanese would say, YES, yes you can :)

[@BufferThunder]

dont forget about the americans.

[@Lenevor]

bruh you good?@@BufferThunder

[@mikehi8214]

@@BufferThunder really. The AC150 is to small

[@thelethalpredator672]

​@mikehi8214 the ac130 gun is a 105mm gun. And the B25G used a 75mm cannon in the nose

[@LastGoatKnight]

Not so sure about the Japanese and Italian part (maybe it's my lack of knowledge) but other than that I agree

[@theconfederacyofindependen7268]

It is similar to the P.108 Series 2 with a 102mm cannon installed on it

[@malusignatius]

This is gloriously insane, like someone saw either the Mosquito Tsetse Fly or the B-25g/H and went 'needs more gun'. :D

[@AmurTiger]

That actually happened for the Mossie, they mounted a 32 pounder on the thing, equivalent to the German 105mm anti-tank gun in terms of shell weights and velocities.

[@FishYourLifeAway]

8:18 are we just gonna forget about that massive tail strike?

[@RobTheSquire]

If the gun was more in line with the center of mass and thrust you will have less trouble with recoil and possible offset the cockpit to compensate for the change in the air frame.

[@rrenkrieg7988]

something like the de Havilland Sea Vixen would work

[@nicoderfeuerloscher1684]

A 152 would be quite large as a destroyers main gun, it has been done historically in a few cases but you'd find it more often on light cruisers

[@JosephDawson1986]

Only thing Incan find close to a 152 is the 150 inch carried on Kriegsmarine Z1936A Narvick class Destroyers used by the Third Reich early in WWII

[@enolastraight4829]

@@JosephDawson1986 The Italian-built (ordered by Romania) Vifor-class destroyers were also armed with 152 mm guns

[@LukelearMissile]

That is one sexy aircraft! I was totally thinking 'Moonbat' as you were building it and I'm glad to see it wasn't lost on you, either. As for the concept of aircraft attacking and sinking ships using a large calibre gun... I seem to remember hearing or reading somewhere about a B-25 (either a G or a H, I can't remember which) sinking a Japanese destroyer with 5 rounds of 75mm. I don't know how much truth there is to that, but I'm sure I heard it somewhere. Oh, and the thing with the Sheriden's recoil - I think the thing was that the gunner had to quickly move his hand away from the breach when the gun was fired, or otherwise run the risk of a broken wrist.

[@rocketcello5354]

Reminds me of the sub hunter version of the Mosquito. 57mm autocannon. Very effective, when the auto part worked. sometimes jammed when too high a G force was pulled.

[@rufustrotman4322]

The Mosquito FB Mk. XVIII - think it was called (almost officially) the Tsetse (after the biting fly). They were developing an up-gunned version when they ran out of war, armed with a QF-32 pounder (based on the 3.7" (94mm) heavy antiaircraft gun), They flew it and test-fired it without problems.

[@rocketcello5354]

@rufustrotman4322 yeah, it was called the Tsetse thanks for reminding me

[@starbomber]

Funfact: In WW2 they actually mounted 75mm howitzers to naval raiding aircraft like B-25s and B-24s. However, the squadrons operating these planes noticed that for commerce raiding, what they needed was *suppressing fire*. The attack method for these planes was usually a technique called "skip bombing", where you drop a bomb so that it skips across the surface of the water like a rock. In order to do this, you have to fly parallel to the water's surface for a pretty substantial distance, meanwhile every gun on the ship your targeting is firing at you. The 75 was decent enough but most crews could only fire it 3-4 times on an attack run, so a couple of squadrons replaced these cannons with a whole bunch of .50 caliber machine guns.

[@BW-4012]

This is, and was, pretty common to see planes with 57mm to 75mm during ww2, but afterwards, the U.S had been mounting 105mm M40 Recoilless Rifles on the A-4 Skyhawk. But seeing a 152mm on a plane is just outright terrifying. Keep up the good work Messier!

[@sirkaithethird2536]

I would 100% call this something like the Manta ray or something

[@ChristopherGriffin-ee2ol]

"Where did my tank autoloader go?!" 0:03 me with a suspiciously Tank Autoloader shaped stomach: uuuh idk, someone else must've taken it

[@saprumk4]

Messier: Makes a tank cannon plane AC130 Gunship: Am I a joke to you?

[@Wigza]

also, the biggest gun mounted on a WW2 plane is a 102mm anti ship cannon mounted in a Italian heavy bomber, without bombs and it had a analog computer and a ballistic gun sight so it could actually get close to hitting something you were aiming at, and it had an auto loader.

[@emperorbless120]

And you'd be wrong. The Germans mounted a 355.6mm recoilless rifle on a Dornier 217 (though it was never fired in flight and the program was abandoned after only a few ground tests).

[@Wigza]

@@emperorbless120 uh... Never heard about that before, I guess that the ballistics of a recoilless rifle would have been a nightmare to aim for a plane in flight, it would be more like a big rocket, which is probably why it was cancelled because they could just use a rocket instead

[@emperorbless120]

@@Wigza en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonderger%C3%A4t_SG104_%22M%C3%BCnchhausen%22

[@Wigza]

@@emperorbless120 uh, called it, well, that it was just replaced by rockets, but I didn't think of the back blast, but they could of easily fixed that, they could of just added a fearing to the tail to deflect the blast or to b be deformed instead of the planes tail taking the shockwave, it may add a lot of drag and weight though it would be an option if you really want to add a big ass recoilless cannon to a plane

[@AmurTiger]

Definitely less powerful then the 32 pounder they mounted on a Mosquito, similar shell weight but a 32 pounder is a much higher velocity. Albeit the 32 pounder wasn't used in combat as the war ended before the test flights from what I can tell.

[@Panthera_Leo_]

Heyo, I'm the fella who made both the muzzle brakes mods, thanks for featuring it in the vid! If you want me to spin up a 152mm one for you I'd be down. TBH it is a rather obvious thing I missed

[@jujuteuxOfficial]

you could make it way smaller if you make the propellant load way smaller, since a lot of the speed is coming from the plane already

[@WeeabooShipPoster]

I love the looks, definitely would be daunting if you were a sailor on a cruiser and saw a flight of these incoming. I imagine if such a gun was mounted there would have to be some type of recoilless system to prevent the aircraft from stalling instantly, or destroying its airframe

[@SmoochyRoo]

To compensate for the recoil I think it would have been advisable to make the gun point a few degrees downward relative to the fuselage centerline in a way that would have it pass through the CG. Lovely design

[@rudolfthecat1176]

I'd love to see something like the Blackburn B.20... a retracting hull flying boat

[@SirMatthew]

The P-63 Kingcobra had a 37mm cannon which was the same caliber as the ones they had on the Stuart light tanks, so yes, you can put a tank cannon on an aircraft

[@Myomer104]

And the -G variant of the B25 Mitchell had a version of the M4 Sherman's 75mm gun.

[@Gentleman...Driver]

Ju88 and Hs 129 used also a tank gun with 75mm calibre, prooved to be effective against soviet armor. British had the Mosquito outfitted with the 57mm from the Churchill to hunt down submarines and destroyers. The British managed to shoot down Ju 88 with this.

[@rustyATV]

I think aircraft guns are pitched up or down from the centerline of the plane depending on it's role: up for a fighter, down for ground attack. Might help direct the force of the recoil closer to the CG if you pitch it down a few degrees.

[@ronkluwe4875]

Germans tried this in WW2 on test bed planes while on the ground. Recoil totally buckled the airframe and they gave up on it.

[@Griffins998]

WWII German engineers: alright hear me out, what if we got MORE GUN?

[@brokenursa9986]

This is like the anti-naval version of a PBJ-1 or an Hs 129. Just mount the biggest gun you can fit into a plane and throw it at the ground.

[@littletweeter1327]

in ww2, the italians designed and tested an anti-ship aircraft with a 102mm gun and deemed it effective enough to order some but the italian armistice put a stop to that. the only one that was built was destroyed in an allied bombing

[@Direwolf13PS3]

Considering the advent of guided artillery munitions, a flight of what amounts to flying M777's is pretty hilarious.

[@theconfederacyofindependen7268]

T-95: where did tank autoloader go? Me with a suspiciously Tank Autoloader shaped stomach: 0:03

[@carsonyoder7320]

You should do a big wing fighter like the ho 229, maybe you could do a prop punk spin to it?

[@Anti-Smart]

What do you mean "big wing fighter"? Did you mean to say flying wing, or am I missing something?

[@carsonyoder7320]

@@Anti-Smart yeah I just forgot the words cus am smart

[@thatawkardfeeling9076]

like a mini XB-35! (but a fighter)

[@pabonismygod]

The naval colors on that thing look SICK. Great video!

[@quakxy_dukx]

This is one of your most interesting designs yet. I love these odd concept aircrafts

[@asillylildude]

actually, something like this was made during ww2 from the us. the XA-38 had a 75mm cannon and i think 2 or 4 mgs. however, the italians during WW1 came out with the P. 108A serie 2 and it had a absolutely massive 102mm cannon. i think that if this probably had maybe 10 to 15 rounds of ammunition the design you made might be able to fly, but to fly well you’d probably have to have like 3-6 rounds of ammo that would be used sparingly (note i’m not a plane nerd so i’m probably wrong about most things) but overall cool plane! 👍 (i’m talking about with the ammo if this were to actually be made irl)

[@AgileCoast]

Hello. One of my all time favorite Flight Combat video games is Crimson Skies. And I've always wondered, can some on the aircraft in that game actual fly? I was wondering if you could recreate some of the aircraft from that game in Fly Out and test to see if they would actually work.

[@DacusMalus1600]

You have to put the canards somehow below the muzzle. That way the recoil should drive you up instead of down.

[@PhantomP63]

The design is like a mix between Beech Starship, F7U and XP-67. Very cool.

[@cheburashka9804]

now all you need to do is mount the gun backwards and have a ballistically propelled aircraft.

[@Kroggnagch]

This thing should be nicknamed the Terror-dactyl lol

[@justinripka2855]

Between the armed smuggling plane and this…. M82 has officially gone insane…. 😂. But in all seriousness, this thing is freaking awesome and I love it! Great work as always!

[@Wigza]

also I would like to see you try to make a prop-punk nuclear powered nuclear cruise missile that also dropped nukes before becoming a nuke itself

[@markalan2829]

Fantastic design! It looks like a concept that might have been forward in the late 40's when aviation was sort of in between the prop and jet ages.

[@eduardostapenko6808]

Messier: can we put 152mm howitiser on plane? messier fon Braun: i had such project... AC-130 Gunship engineer: why are you asking?! didn`t seen mine product?

[@johnnytrigger300]

The xa-38 "grizzly" proved this was possible, it had a 75mm, along with the Italian p108a, which had a 102mm, and a few German aircraft that had 75mm guns.

[@IAmTheAce5]

I’m getting Crimson Skies vibes from this airframe- Hughes Firebrand to be exact

[@robertshank3729]

There are plenty of ground/surface vessel attack craft with "Tank" Cannons in them... what you are talking about is an Artillery Piece... while they are used on Tank Chasis, they tend not to be tanks but Self Propelled Artillery or Tank Destroyers (which is a weird designation to me because its still just Self Propelled Artillery)...

[@jimpicins]

imagine being a soldier then seeing a fucking 152mm he ROUND going for your face

[@g09h]

Now put some battleship turrets with 380mm guns on your aircraft carrier

[@ksavierkrajewski716]

its a great counter to the flying bunker

[@ghost_ship_supreme]

I LOVE the design of this thing! It could be a tank destroyer too! Some strike aircraft during WW2 had this exact concept, just a much lower caliber. Notably the German Henschel HS 129 for example

[@bluekiwi42nd12]

Its like a offspring of the Mosquito FB Mk. XVIII which had a 57 mm nose cannon for anti-submarine and anti-shipping action 😅 that mosquito only carried like 25 rounds tho

[@lenadams854]

Incredible, I wanna see part 2 of that flying wing

[@tobuslieven]

The 1943 Mosquito FB Mk. XVIII Tsetse had a 57mm 1/4 pound anti tank gun fitted to it. Wikipedia makes it sound like the pilots prefered to use its rockets rather than the gun to take out enemy U-boats. Still a cool idea though. Great video.

[@nigelwilliams7920]

The UK did mount a 25 pounder gun in a Mosquito. The recoil virtually stopped the aircraft, but it was very effective anti-ship and anti-sub system. Apparently the navigator was not thrilled with the effort and contortions required to reload!

[@Onezmhu]

What if the Hs 129 and KV-2 had a baby 😂

[@JIKwood]

Result: this video.

[@googleyoutubechannel8554]

It's kinda too bad Flyout doesn't appear to have much airframe stress modeling, destructibility modeling, or much modeling of high impact events, this would make Flyout sims much more interesting and entertaining to watch. Probably too much to ask the devs to implement detailed advanced physical dynamics like Teardown, or even physics as advanced as in Besiege, but imagine if they could pull this off.

[@justified_wrath_21]

Wait until we put railguns on planes 💀

[@karelpgbr]

5:32 _laugh track plays_ Man I love these videos

[@samspeed6271]

I really like that plane. It's elegant, even though its a bit bloated with the ammunition drum. I think what it could be used for is for hunting U-Boats. As this is around 1945ish, submarines are going to be diesel-electric types that spend most of their time on the surface, only submerging when they need to for avoiding detection. What RAF Coastal Command had to hunt U-Boats during WWII was De Havilland Mosquitoes with a 57mm 6pdr gun. They would find the U-Boat, fire an AP shell through the hull so they can't submerge, and then another aircraft could finish it off with rockets. A 6 inch CPCBC shell with a decent HE filler could probably sink a U-Boat in one hit.

[@LeTonk]

They mounted a giant cannon to a P-108 bomber during ww2. I don't remember what size but they did it.

[@Colonel-Sigma]

"152mm guns are common primaries on DD's and even secondaries on BB's" What is this, the Kriegsmarine?!

[@imjashingyou3461]

Other than a handful of German destroyers that mounted 150mm guns, and were considered failures because of those weapons, no destoyers mounted bigger than 140mms and those were rare at that. The vast majority of destroyers in WWII and after mounted 130mm and lower. Post war the biggest caliber seen was 130mm on Soviet destroyers. 152 is a 6inch gun which is light cruiser specific and reserved for those and up.

[@elboesen4895]

Next time you could make a “orbital bombardment” airplane, so just a howitzer on the underbelly of the plane pointing downward. Love your vidz❤

[@roundbrick4890]

so a reverse Schraege Musik

[@brody7714]

Those are a thing actually! They’re called bombs. 😉

[@joshstreet6819]

A10; "I can almost stall when firing my gun." Messier; 'Hold my beer."

[@Atlasworkinprogress]

Under the terms of the various naval treaties, Destroyers were limited to 5.1 inch (129ish mm) guns, 152mm guns are equal to 6 inch guns, which were pretty standard on light cruisers (6.1 inches or 155ish mm was the limit). This would generally be considered a cruiser main battery gun. Some navies did use these as secondaries on larger ships, but they fell out of favor in that role as they could not be reloaded fast enough to be used as Dual Purpose AA/AS guns. As a general rule, ships should be protected against their own guns, and most cruisers in the post war error were armored against at least 6 inch shells, either plunging fire or hitting the belt. The biggest issue with a gun like this on an aircraft is the angle at which it will hit the ship it's targeting. It needs to fly low and aim right above the waterline, as level as possible, or dive directly down on the ship, making the shell essentially a really fast bomb, which may help or hinder it's penetration depending on armor quality and shell design.

[@jixdl]

Which is why those types of planes if ever used were mostly Tank Hunters (i am only adding, and i agree with your comment)

[@milesmcallister8542]

It should be called the flying bat tank

[@rudolfthecat1176]

Italy actually kind of did this irl, they mounted a 102mm cannon on a P.108, a mid thirties 4 engined heavy bomber. This was also made to hunt ships (but obviously went nowhere)

[@cosmicspacedisk4859]

I wonder if its possible to make a ship. If not, they should definitely in the future add that capability. This has soooo much potential, it doesn't just have to be aircraft. eventually they can also bring in ship and tank building or really whatever you want.

[@MeadowGaze]

Other games handle that.

[@cosmicspacedisk4859]

@@MeadowGaze I just think that if this game eventually added in those features it would do it better than the other games.

[@nathangerardhernandez9576]

​@@cosmicspacedisk4859problem is that if flyout did get tank and ship design those two other aspects would be worse than the aircraft aspect of flyout. As flyout's code is built for aerodynamics, and most likey not model things like armour penetration and buoyancy as well as sprocket or navalart does. Plus it will bloat the game size as well as putting unessescary strain on the devs.

[@boazirconus]

Always a good day when M82 uploads

[@katqcentertainment8754]

Well these plane puns don’t seems to *fly quite high* eh

[@schrodingersgat4344]

Just a thought. •Lengthen the nose •Lengthen the cockpit •Twin 30mm installed for pilot to strafe. •Single 152mm installed (rear facing) Gunner in rear of cockpit fires as pilot climbs out of the run. 🤷‍♂️

[@thenativemartian5169]

That intro is just gold. Comedy gold.

[@todeilfungo]

i think you should do some more absurd things like this or like the spinner. that's very fun

[@JoetheDilo1917]

You would make a great late-war German aircraft designer

[@Dog_Toy.]

Like the guns on planes weren’t already big enough.

[@samirowens1265]

I was eating when messier made the drag joke. I stopped chewing and my dog stopped coughing… time literally came to a halt.

[@Theover4000]

Now we need a Gustav cannon (or, if you want it to be “practical” a Dora) cannon on a plane 😂

[@excrubulent]

That pun was a crime against humanity, I loved it.

[@SALordBaxter]

Wait so it's not only a 152mm howitzer, but it's also one with a 100 round drum magazine? Well I can see some improvements that could be made once smaller magazines are added.

[@hungryhedgehog4201]

The Sheridan had the habit of breaking the commander's ribs which was then later rectified with a ceramic insert for the coupola. I assume it only happened when the commander was turned out.

[@czerwony1420]

looks like a moonbat shed its tail, grew canards, chomped the tail gunner off a b17, then gulped down a T-72 cartoon style

[@levidotson6610]

All I’m saying is with vt fuses, and a radar gunsight, it’d be very effective against other aircraft

[@Kroggnagch]

This is really awesome, dude. What is this? Very neat design. I am so, so subscribing.

[@fordmaurice1]

How was a certain tank killing aircraft not mentioned even lmao! I mean when you mention danger close, only one thing comes to mind! But could you imagine if this was the sister prototype with the warthog made for the Navy!? It would still be in service!

[@nytrol2720]

He took the ¨gun with wings¨ and ran with it

[@Neuttah]

AAF camo idea: Clearly, someone's been dipping into the ol' "Arcade game bosses for tanks," idea, and the Army borrowed a couple planes to see if the idea has merit on ground.

[@1000roentgens]

Steambirds Esque I gave myself an idea with that, you guys in the fly out community should build planes from steambirds as closely as possible.😮 Or model planes from any form of media that aren’t already real aircraft. 😸

[@Urssaff]

You fire the gun, the boat's hull shatters. Plot twist ,the pilot's spine shatters as well.

[@themigmadmarine]

This thing looks like a drawing you'd see in a 1930s Popular Mechanics article alongside the Bell Aracuda.

[@unintentionallydramatic]

20-30 years ago I could've seen this get funded easily. Nowadays it seems mainly useful to underscore a really important point such as "I don't like this power station" or "we do in fact know where this '''''''''''hardened'''''''' tunnel is" with somewhat-less of a damage radius compared to a bomb. Pretty sure drones have gradually been moving towards non-explosive payloads too. Point being. I think it's not THAT dumb or rather if it had been built people would keep it in service rather successfully. Kinda like the A-10. Yes it's outdated but it works.

[@gsch5651]

Reminds me of the duck from germany, that plane with the cannon. I knew that thing from War Thunder