[ARC5] Fwd: [Milsurplus] More Moron-ities. This Will Turn

[J. Forster]

The point is that, even fully kitted out, the radios are trivial compared
to the payload.

-John

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> Very early models began with .30 caliber.  Later ones .50 caliber.  There
> were also engine and turbocharger changes, as there were in many aircraft
> models during the course of the War.  Which among other things raised the
> allowable gross takeoff weight.
>
> In a message dated 10/23/2011 11:25:27 AM Central Daylight Time,
> gewhite at crosslink.net writes:
>> I think the B-17's guns were 50 caliber, not 30 caliber.
>> ref /The American Bomber Plane,/ by A.E. Williams, Metro Books, NY, 2009
>>
>>   - Gordon White
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