Update 4.706 Arado AR 234 B-2. two 20-mm MG 151 machine guns mounted horizontally and in parallel in the rear fuselage section ?

[LG-1_BARCLAY]

Greetings to all aviators,

 

I would like to start an additional (different) discussion here:

 

Until now, my information was that most B-1 and B-2 versions were equipped with rear armament.

 

C, D, E, P and R versions are known to me, are also hardly treated more exactly, since they did not come from the planning or test phase beyond that ever to the employment.

In the books/websites etc. that I know of, this statement is made about the B-2 version, for example:

The Ar 234 B-2 was capable of flying reconnaissance or bombing missions and most aircraft were equipped with defensive armament to the rear. This is actually curious, since this armament was heavy and the Ar 234 was actually fast enough to be immune to intercept attempts by Allied fighters from the rear, except during takeoff or landing approaches to the airfield.
This armament consisted of two 20-mm MG 151 machine guns mounted horizontally and in parallel in the rear fuselage section, each fed with 200 rounds from a magazine above. The guns could be aimed from the cockpit using the RF2C periscope.

How do you see this? :
Maybe there is still the possibility to select this armament as an armament set! Of course this is an additional effort/work to confuse it.

I would be happy, because this is in my eyes but something to the realitit belongs.

 

How do you think about it?

 

Greeting L-1_BARCLAY

 

 

 

[AEthelraedUnraed]

5 minutes ago, LG-1_BARCLAY said:

I would like to start an additional (different) discussion here

How is this a different discussion? It concerns the same topic and your post is 90% identical to the one in the other thread

 

Anyhow, what I replied in the other thread is still valid:

 

5 minutes ago, LG-1_BARCLAY said:

In the books/websites etc. that I know of, this statement is made about the B-2 version

Would you mind sharing which books/websites you're talking about?

 

In "Strahlflugzeug Arado Ar 234 >>Blitz<<", Manfred Griehl, 2003, the following is said:

Am 04.03.1944 wurde vom General der Kampfflieger (GdK) festgelegt, dass die Ar 234 B-2 angesichts ihrer hohen Geschwindigkeit keiner Rückwärtsbewaffnung bedurfte.

"On March 4, 1944, the General der Kampfflieger decided that the Ar 234 didn't need any rear armament because of its high speed."

 

Which implies the B-2 didn't have a rear gun.

 

Edited June 18, 2022 by AEthelraedUnraed

[MisterSmith]

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