Тарань!

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1954 год, Modern Mechanix. Дело Northrop XP-79 живо и в 50х.

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[panzerhemul.livejournal.com]

Где-то я читал, что представления о XP-79 как "летающем таране" не более чем легенда или недоразумение, на самом деле некто нечего такого не планировал.
Даже нашел где я это читал, на сайте Joe Baugher.

Supposedly, the XP-79B was to use a rather unusual technique for destroying enemy aircraft. The wing leading edge was reinforced so that it could slice off the wings or tails of enemy aircraft by ramming them! It turns out that this was never true, the ramming claim being a PR gimmick that got out of hand. But it eventually became part of the historical lore, being accepted as truth by numerous aviation historians. Actually, the XP-79B planned to destroy enemy aircraft strictly by conventional means, being equipped with an armament of four 0.50-inch machine guns in the wing leading edge. It was true that there was indeed an armored wing leading edge, but this was intended to protect the aircraft from head-on gunfire.

[wollsen.livejournal.com]

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