FSX: The 1940 Fokker T.5 bomber released

mvg3d said:
Hi Dutch,
A "silly" question : why Fokker's engineers preferred a 20mm anti-tank weapon (with very slow firing cadence) instead a normal .50" A/A machine gun ?

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Its not a silly question Manuele. But you should realise we look at this aircraft with our current knowledge. The Fokker T.V was originally built as an an "air-cruiser" after the French idea of a "Multiplace de Combat". It was an aircraft designed to fly long patrols and which should be able to defend an certain area from the air.
Therefore it was carried heavy armament. Somewhere during the design phase it was foreseen to arm it with 2 20mm Oerlikon guns. Although the idea of an "air cruiser"was abandoned, the 20mm gun remained, simply because the aircraft was designed to carry it.
When the Germans invaded the Netherlands the Fokker T-V was used to chase German bombers and not without success as the T-Vs scored at least 4 victories.

Cheers,
Huub
 
The Solothurn anti-tank gun replaced the 20mm Oerlikon gun as it was designed as an infantry weapon so smaller and lighter, easier to mount and had considerably less recoil so it would be more accurate. And since our army was also interested in buying the Solothurn it made the choice easier. The Oerlikons were purchased too though, but these were used and anti-aircraft guns..
 
Thanks for the kind comments!

The Solothurn S18-150 was ordered for the Dutch Army during development of the T.5. Mind, this was for the infantry, not for the 'Airforce'. Just before WWII started in NL, the Army decided to purchase the improved S18-1000 for the infantry. The S18-150s were used as training units on the T.5 and the final gun for the T.5 became the S18-350, a specialised aircraft version of the -150. The -350s and -1000s were deliverd JUST and very JUST before our war, that is May 4 1940 or something alike.
I might be wrong at the details, but overall that's it.

The Solothurn yet proved useful during the five days of war.
 
Ferry_vO said:
The Solothurn anti-tank gun replaced the 20mm Oerlikon gun as it was designed as an infantry weapon so smaller and lighter, easier to mount and had considerably less recoil so it would be more accurate. And since our army was also interested in buying the Solothurn it made the choice easier. The Oerlikons were purchased too though, but these were used and anti-aircraft guns..
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Hi Ferry,
You are right, the Solothurn is basically an infantry light anti-tank (or heavy targets) weapon, light and accurate, but with a very low cadence of fire, a slow weapon is almost useless in any type of aerial combat that requires a big fire concentration and Solothurn couldn't.

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Thanks to Museum CRASH! With information from ao them, I was able to model this Lewis aircraft gun. Not too many polys though...

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If you want some informations about Oerlikon Contraves's anti aircraft guns periode 1936-today, you can visit I think the fabric of Rheinmetall Air Defence (old Oerlikon) here in Switzerland (Oerlikon was and is a Swiss brand) or the flieger flab museum in Dübendorf near Zurich, in Switzerland, this museum contains all the dismissed aircraft and guns used by the Swiss Air force :D
 
Really nice video tribute, not to mention pretty awesome FS video in general!

Thank you for sharing. :)
 
Excellent!

To combine real-world history, and extract visuals, via FS, to bring those memories alive once more.. wow! This is what it's all about!

+1

There should be a new post made with the video link, for those who may not have checked...

- Joseph
 
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