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SSTF@lemmy.world to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 5 days ago

A Northrop P-61 Black Widow firing all four Browning .50 caliber machine guns in the top turret along with the Hispano 20 mm cannons in the lower forward fuselage while on the ground at night.

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A Northrop P-61 Black Widow firing all four Browning .50 caliber machine guns in the top turret along with the Hispano 20 mm cannons in the lower forward fuselage while on the ground at night.

SSTF@lemmy.world to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 5 days ago
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  • DeepDown@leminal.space
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    I forgot I was really obsessed with these planes as a kid. Where did that interest go?

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      Into your next hyper-fixation, of course.

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        Uuuuh! What is it? I need a new one!

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          Roadside Research is pretty fun and only $13 due to early access. You play as an alien that is running a gas station.

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    For when the hangar door is stuck and you really want to just get the plane in and go to the pub.

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    Is it shooting lasers? I thought laser weapons weren’t invented before 1977?

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      Tracer rounds? Not sure they were doing particularly high speed photography with this image.

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      I just DuckDuckGo’ed it. Turns out the laser was actually invented in 1960 it was just considered a useless invention until Star Wars proved it could be uses for weapons.

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      My birth was a byproduct of that, rumor has it.

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      It’s the heat…

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      Tracers that point both ways.

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    That was a fascinating article. I had never heard of these planes and their role in WWII before.

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