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Tech/Engineering - Aerospace / Aviation / Space / G4M | | English term or phrase: turret | Es handelt sich um Beschreibungen von japanischen Kampfflugzeugen im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Hier ist es der Bomber G4M. Der Satz lautet: "The aircraft was armed with a 20 mm cannon in the top turret, one in the back turret and two 7,7 mm machine guns in the side turrets."
Was genau sind diese turrets und wo befinden sie sich?
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| | | (MG-)Turm | Explanation:
A "Geschütz" usually describes artillery, which is not the case here.
Turret is always 'Turm', whether tank, aircraft, or ship.
"Während der Serienfertigung der 2.850 Stück wurde die handbediente MG-Station auf dem Rumpfrücken gegen einen ferngesteuerten MG-Turm ersetzt."
See http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_A-20
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-05-16 11:50:46 GMT)
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Je nach Bauart des Bombers befinden sich die MG-Türme oben, im Bug, im Heck, und (gelegentlich) an den Seiten, um alle toten Winkel abzudecken. |
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Gun turrets
A turret may be armed with one or more machine guns, automatic cannon, large-calibre guns, or missile launchers. It may be manned or remotely controlled, and is often armoured. A small turret, or sub-turret on a larger one is called a cupola.
Aircraft
At first, guns on aircraft were either fixed in orientation or mounted on simple swivel mounts. The latter evolved into the Scarff ring, a rotating ring mount which allowed the gun to be turned to any direction with the gunner remaining directly behind it. As aircraft flew higher and faster, the need for protection from the elements led to the enclosure or shielding of the gun positions. The first bomber in the Royal Air Force to cary a power operated turret was the Boulton Paul Overstrand which first flew in 1933. The Overstrand had a single turret which was at the front of the bomber fitted with one machine gun. In time the number of turrets carried and the number of guns mounted increased. RAF heavy bombers of the Second World War typically had 3 powered turrets, with the rear one - the "Tail End Charlie" position - mounting four 0.303 inch machine guns.
The UK tried the concept of the "turret fighter" in planes such as the Boulton Paul Defiant where the sole armament was in a turret mounted behind the pilot rather than in fixed positions in the wings. Though the idea had some merits in attacking bombers, it was found to be impractical when dealing with other fighters as the weight and drag slowed the aeroplane. The defensive turret on bombers fell from favour with the advent of the jet age, though the Boeing B-52 jet bomber and many of its contemporaries featured a tail mounted barbette - a form of turret but with more limited field of fire.
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turret
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