Re: [OM] Re: [OT] OSS etc

[W. J. Liles]

Emil Pozar wrote:

> P39 was not used in anti-tank role any more than other (Russian or non)
> fighter aircraft. It's only that the Russians removed a lot of equipment
> from the P39s and used them where their Allisons worked best - at low
> level.
>
Actually the 37mm cannon in the nose of the P39 was a great tank buster
as it could penetrate the thin armor on top of the tank.  It became, on
the Russina front, a kind of American made Sturmovik.  The Germans added
37mm cannon to the wings of the Stuka for the same purpose.

Jerry Liles

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