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[Fuchs]

The war is over so the Danish attack 

[Viktor2a5]

Well they wanted to get in the action, before the British got there

[[WDW]Megaraptor]

Are these Danish resistance? Or Free Danish forces?

[Viktor2a5]

They are the "Danish Army"

You see, in Sweden, some raised a new army, when the other one felt (the one in Denmark). They were planned to contributate in the liberation of Denmark, if Germany would not surender.

[[WDW]Megaraptor]

They are the "Danish Army"

You see, in Sweden, some raised a new army, when the other one felt (the one in Denmark). They were planned to contributate in the liberation of Denmark, if Germany would not surender.

Yeah I know about the Danish brigade in exile in Sweden, but I didn't think they ever saw combat due to the German surrender. I was wondering if there were other Danish forces fighting with the western Allies.

[Viktor2a5]

Yes we had a few pilots in Britain and some sailors who sailed freight from US to GB. But nothing fancy.

[Ciupita]

Finnish military parade in Vyborg (Viipuri) on August 31, 1941, after its recapture.

[Ciupita]

Swedish army soldier during WW2, date unknown. Probably som kind of exercise.

Weapon is Swedish Mauser M/94 Carbine.

[Invincible]

Rare photo of a Dutch Fokker T.V "Luchtkruiser" on patrol.

[Die Happy]

Rare photo of a Dutch Fokker T.V "Luchtkruiser" on patrol.

according to wiki
Armament

    * Guns:
          o 1 × 20 mm Solothurn S-18/100 cannon in nose cupola
          o 4 × 7.9 mm (.31 in) machine-guns on dorsal, ventral, and lateral positions, and tail cupola

a semi automatic AT rifle in a bomber, WTF ?

just to show what the  Solothurn S-18/100 gun looks like (it is also ingame mounted on the sharianah)
i think finns used it too a lot and i belive shot down 1 or 2 IL-2 stromovik with those, also they used special AA-mounts for the gun IIRC


Hungarian anti-tank crew with Solothurn S-18/100 gun, date unknown

[Steel_Lion_FIN]

a semi automatic AT rifle in a bomber, WTF ?

´There was also a selecti-fire version, S-18/1100 "Wunderwaffe" "Universalwaffe", which was fired from integral bipod as semi-auto AT-rifle and from a sipesial AA-mount with full-auto.

And so that there's not just some huge gun nut talking..

[Invincible]

there where at guns fited in B-25's as wel right?



Anyways the id of the T.V "luchtkruiser" was, that it would fly together with fighters, function as a cruiser.
heavy guns to take out bombers. this tactic of course not working.
it laced self closing and armored tanks in the wing, so with tracers it was easy to be shot down by the germans.
they did some sucsefull (and less sucsesfull) bomb runs against germans in Rotterdam and moerdijk.
It was a pretty plane thought.

[THeTA0123]

there where at guns fited in B-25's as wel right?

correct

B-25H fitted with a lighter T6 75MM gun

It was pretty effective, but B25 crews requested automatic weapons, because of the hindarance of reloading the gun in flight. A trail showed that they could easily mount 3 37mm Oldmobile autocannons to the B25. Wich would have had devestating results as a strafing weapon

[siben]

Pffft, nothing compared to the beaufighter TF.X with its 4 x 6 pounder autocanons.

[Bang0o]

how bout the hs129 with 7,5cm cannon?