- pineyHelps If I add the picture Jeff Lewis
- SFC_Jeff_ButtonWhat would be the purpose? If its to stay on top of soft soil better, what would keep the front landing gear from digging in?
- Neil_BaumgardnerI'm surprised this hasnt come up yet - the most infamous aircraft/tank combination - the Antonov A-40 Krylya Tanka (Tank Wings).
Antonov A-40
Neil
- Neil_BaumgardnerEven if they fixed the "small" landing issue, there's the question of how they would have escorted these very slow not maneuverable (even less so than a Dakota I'd imagine) behind German lines...
Neil
- JG300-Stoopy
Seriously, do I see a turret there?
- JG300-StoopyWhat, did they follow through on the whole "winged tank" idear a little too literally and give the pilot just a small viewing slit and/or prism to look out of too? Anybody'd land rough like that....somewhere near the runway maybe.....
Seriously, do I see a turret there?
- Doug_Kibbey
Neil,
The show maintained that the most daunting problem was the lack of aircraft of sufficient power to routinely get these suckers aloft. The rapid advance on Berlin made it un-necessary, moreover, which is apparently what they had in mind for it anyway (leap-frogging in).
- Neil_BaumgardnerI'm very certain it did have a turret. The wings were more transportation than anything, it wasnt envisioned to fight in the air (the thought is pretty comical).
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