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Title: B-17 Ball turret?
Post by: LongBlade on September 01, 2013, 10:56:59 AM
Hmmm.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FXyakolx.jpg&hash=531817045a49ea62026d4598fc611b335eaed3db)
Title: Re: B-17 Ball turret?
Post by: mirth on September 01, 2013, 12:22:02 PM
I'd hate have to go against that in a Fw-190.
Title: Re: B-17 Ball turret?
Post by: BanzaiCat on September 01, 2013, 12:26:44 PM
Looks like a piece of movie magic.
Title: Re: B-17 Ball turret?
Post by: Con on September 01, 2013, 12:28:05 PM
No Way is that a b17 ball turret.  Thats more guns then the entire plane carried.

I would guess this is a movie prop.  The age of missiles made massive guns like this on a bomber obsolete

Con
Title: Re: B-17 Ball turret?
Post by: mirth on September 01, 2013, 12:49:23 PM
I was playing along with LB's joke. It's a prop from Transformers IV: Why Won't This Franchise Die?

http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1li6j5/so_i_was_next_to_this_in_traffic_i_think_it/ (http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1li6j5/so_i_was_next_to_this_in_traffic_i_think_it/)
Title: Re: B-17 Ball turret?
Post by: LongBlade on September 01, 2013, 01:32:24 PM
Quote from: Con on September 01, 2013, 12:28:05 PM
No Way is that a b17 ball turret.  Thats more guns then the entire plane carried.

I would guess this is a movie prop.  The age of missiles made massive guns like this on a bomber obsolete

Con

Oh, I know it's not WWII era tech. Quite cool looking though. Might be an add-on to an AC-130. Or could be a movie prop.