The B-29 had a lower ceiling than the B-17, but the main reason for the remote gunnery positions was to put the gunners in a pressurised and heated compartment so that they were not restricted by heavy clothing or cramped turrets - except for the poor tail gunner. Designed and built in the early 1940's, the supremely advanced B-29 Superfortress first flew over 70 years ago in September of 1944. Built by Boeing and based on the highly successful platform of the B-17 bomber, the B-29 became the largest aircraft operational during World War II, a combination of bleeding-edge tech and devastating firepower.
Yes, but was unoccupied.
The B-29 had two remotely controlled turrets above and below thecockpit. They could both be electronically linked to the tailturret to fire at whatever it did, if the target was in view.
What is a b29 superfortress?
A B29 Superfortress was a four-engine propeller-driven heavy bomber designed by Boeing flown primarily by the United States near the end of World War II and during the Korean War. It was one of the largest aircraft to see service in World War II and an advanced bomber for its time, with features such as a pressurized cabin, electronic fire-control system, and remote-controlled machine-gun turrets. Read More
Can you get the rocket turret on box head the zombie wars?
No. but you can get the mortar turret and machina gun turret. Read More
What is the difference between a sentry and a turret?
Sentry-Human guard or literally turret Turret-Machine designed for protection, fires a gun. Read More
Can the halo reach action figure Jorge hold another gun besides his turret?
No, because his hand is attached to his turret. Read More
How do you get in third person mode in Halo 3?
pick up a machine gun turret or a plasma turret, no wait, shoot yourself. Read More
How many guns did the Sherman tank have?
On the top of the turret it had one browning m2 50. cal machine gun in the turret it had one 75mm tank gun and one browning 30. cal machine gun and in the body it had another browning 30. cal machine gun Read More
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What was the longest mission flown in a B-24 during World War 2?
The B-25's longest mission was about 2,250 on the Doolittle raid and that was after airframe alterations, added fuel tanks and the removal of the belly gun turret and the guns from the tail gunner's position. Read More
What is another name for a small gun?
Pistol, Darringer, Belly gun, Palm gun, Purse gun Pocket gun. Read More
Did any World War 2 battleships have a main armament with 4 guns in one turret?
Yes. The British battleships HMS King George V and HMS Duke of York, (both of the King George V class), had 10 of the 14-inch main guns mounted in three turrets. There were 2 of the 4-gun type (one forward and one aft) and a single 2-gun turret (forward behind the 4-gun turret). Need links to pictures? You got 'em. Read More
What 80's movie has a RC car bomber?
What is the scarab gun on Halo 2?
A gun that has the same power as the scarab turret. It never runs low and can give you an achievement. I don't know where it is, but it is better then the fuel rod cannon on multiplayer. Read More
What do these words have in common- fish magazine gunmaker carmaker bomber dinghy sportsteam?
It's the Marlin. Marlin are gun makers, marlin bomber,marlin fish etc. Read More
What was the british fighter planes called in world war 2?
Notable British fighter aircrft in WW2 include the Supermarine Spitfire & the Hawker Hurricane. The Boulton-Paul Defiant was a novel attempt to mount a four machine gun turret ito a fighter, but was unsuccessful in daylight flight. The Hawker Typhoon was a very good fighter bomber later in the war. Read More
What is important about the USMonitor?
The first clash of a metal warship with a revolving gun turret fighting another metal warship in actual battle. Read More
How do you use the crane in Halo 3?
you just stay there and wait for the crane to push you up and then you jump out on the platform where the machine gun turret is Read More
What is a gun or butter example?
We can buy new Bomber airplanes, or we can build a hospital in each city. Read More
When you get your belly button pierced do they use a needle or a gun?
What are some everyday household items that operate by hydraulic pressure?
some examples of a hydraulic system of your house old items is a gun turret Read More
What is the lump on tank gun barrels?
It's called a bore evacuator, and its function is to prevent gasses created from the firing of rounds from getting into the turret. Read More
How do you clone yourself in halo 3 please tell me?
you have to make a cloneing machine.u use 4 shield door and put a soccer ball in it and make a gun turret nexet to it and lower u shields and pick up the turret and die bye the soccer ball Read More
What is the difference between an assault gun and a self propelled gun?
Both are tracked vehicles. An assault gun is usually a turret less vehicle, mounting a (usually) high velocity gun used in a direct fire mode, used for attacking an enemy position. A self propelled gun is usually an artillery piece (indirect fire), and is tracked to allow self propulsion. Read More
What kind of warthogs can you get in Halo 3?
There is the 'regular' warthog with a .50 calliber machine gun mounted on the back and the Gauss Warthog that fires explosive rounds from a turret on the back. Read More
What three weapons were introduced during the US Civil War?
The Ironclad ship with a rotating turret, the metallic cartridge repeating rifle, the Gatling Gun and the observation balloon. Read More
What were some Military innovations introduced during civil war?
The Ironclad ship with a rotating turret, the metallic cartridge repeating rifle, the Gatling Gun and the observation balloon. Read More
What is in the mega vip c set in roblox base war?
two pistils ,turret,flame thrower, blue knife,and a gun that is a lancher and at the same time a autogun Read More
What is a tummy gun?
Never heard of one. I have heard of 'tommy guns' and 'belly guns'. Read More
How does Remoraid a fish Pokemon evolve into Octillery an octopus Pokemon?
Remoraid is based on a pistol (Tail is handle, body are barrel) . Octillery is based on a machine gun/artillery/turret. So, the pistol becomes a machine gun. Thus, it is now logical. Most see: Fish becomes Octopus. WTF? Look closer, Slowbros: Pistol becomes Turret. Has thou mind explodeth into thousands of might saving chunks? Read More
Is there a two player mode on Call of Duty 5 for the Wii?
yes it does for story mode but it is crap, the first person plays as normal whereas the other person acts like a turret but also has a gun Read More
How do you you get a weapon a level ninety-nine on ratchet and clank deadlocked?
use the gun with an EXP mod and a shock mod in the chalenge with the base protection in the battledome and use a quasar turret with shock mod too. Read More
What is the biggest tank?
The biggest tank ever to exist was the Maus it weighed 189 tons and only two were built but only one was fitted with turret and gun. It is now in a museum in Russia,they also built another tank called the E-100 which weighed 135 tons and had a huge 17cm gun. Read More
Info on army tanks?
The definition of a battletank, is gun and armor. Remove the gun, and you have an armored personnel carrier. Remove the armor, and you have a self propelled gun (Artillery). Combine them both=battletank. it is made from metal. The same holds true for the battleship; from which the tank was derived; (The tank was designed by naval architects in 1915, utilized naval terms: hull, bow machinegun, turret, back deck, hatches, etc. and were called LANDSHIPS)… Read More
What plane uses sides like ventral and dorsal?
Ventral and dorsal are not sides. The words usually refer to gun turrets on WW2 bombers, dorsal being the top turret and ventral one underneath the fuselage. Read More
Why didn't the Union put walls on the USS Monitor?
Why would they have put walls up around nothing? All of the mechanisms and people except the gun turret were below the waterline. The guns were protected by several inches of steel 'walls.' Read More
How do you get the crazy moving gun on assencion in call of duty black ops zombies?
If you mean by the 'Death Machine' it is a turret you put in your hand and just shoot automaticaly.. (; how you get it is that its just like getting a nuke , or a ammo. It just automaticaly appears. Read More
Whats the difference between a Civil War Monitor and a Vietnam War Monitor?
The US Civil War Monitor had twin 11 inch guns on her single turret. The Vietnam War Monitor normally had a single 40mm gun in its single turret. The monitors of the US Civil War were built as warships like the British monitors of World War I, and they were given names. They were intended to combat enemy warships and for heavy shore bombardment. The monitors of the Vietnam War were armed and armored modifications… Read More
What is the Name for armoured shield for ships guns?
Larger guns may be fully enclosed in a TURRET, but smaller guns may have a simple SPLINTER SHIELD to help protect the crew serving that gun from shell splinters, or small arms fire Read More
Who invented the spinning top gun of military tanks?
The French FT17 tank, manufactured by Renault, was the first battle tank to mount a 360 rotating turret. The specific designer of this feature was Rodolphe Ernst-Metzmaier. The turret was originally a naval invention of the mid-19th century, fitted to iron ships. By the beginning of the 20th century they were standard in the world's navies. In 1904 armoured cars with a 360 degree traversing turret were built in Austria and France, followed by a… Read More
Can you get a belly buttom pierced with a gun?
No, you can't. And you should never get anything pierced with a gun; they're dirty and never cleaned properly. Would you want to be pierced with something that's pierced someone else, and not even been cleaned? Read More
How do I pierce your belly button myself without a piercing gun?
Get it professionally done or you may well end up with a bad infection if you try it on your own. Read More
What inventions were invented during the Civil War and how were they used?
Off the top of my head I can think of the land mine, the machine gun, the repeating rifle, the practical iron clad warship and the gun turret. They were all used to kill people. Michael Montagne - also there was the hot air balloons for reconnaissance missions Read More
How can you change your carepackage with hardline pro?
Yes, you can change care packages using hardline, but you need it in the 'Pro' version/upgrade. If you run SAM turret, care package, and Sentry gun with Hardline Pro in your build, you can get three shots at getting different kill streaks including the rare Grim reaper rocket launcher and the Death machine mini gun! Read More
How many personnel to operate a MK 110 57mm gun?
One. This is a remotely laid and fired fully automatic cannon, capable of 220 rounds per minute. There is no gunner, loader, or trainer in the turret. See link below for additional information. Read More
How do you clone Spartans in Halo 3?
Go on forge on any level but change player's damage resistance to 10 percent and shield recharge rate to 0 percent. Get a upside down mongoose and a machine gun turret/plasma cannon. get on top of the mongoose and shoot the front with a shotgun until your shields go down (usually go down in 1 shot). get the turret and detatch it. the spartan will last 5 mins and can't be killed. Read More
What was the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa?
Both were for airfields (for B29 Superfortress's). Iwo Jima was strictly a USMC fight; Okinawa was a US Army fight, with USMC reinforcements. Okinawa had the highest ranking US Military Officer Killed In Action: 10th Army Commander General Buckner (from enemy field gun fire). Read More
Do Claire's do belly piercing?
No, Claire's don't do belly piercing. Claire's don't actually do piercing at all, they use a piercing gun which is not the same thing, and legally can only be used on earlobes. If you want any sort of piercing you should always go to a piercing studio. Read More
What kind of gun did ox use in the movie belly?
a nickel-plated Norinco Type 56-1 with ivory furniture and a Romanian-style folding grip Read More
How many pieces are in the covenant wraith?
there are two places in the wraith there is 1:the driving one were you can use the pasma cannon and move the wraith around 2:someone already has to be driving the wraith you jump on top of the wraith then you can use a gun similiar to a plasma turret Read More
Who used the first modern tank in World War 1?
WWI tanks certainly weren't anything modern by today's standards. Even by the mid-1920s, they were obsolete. But the British were the first to use tanks, and the French were the first to use a turret mounted gun. Read More
How do you spell tur it?
Here are some possible words: turret - the mounting of a gun or guns (ship, tank, castle) Tourette Syndrome (Tourette's) - a neurological quirk that elicits shouts and curses Read More