Have you ever wondered what those spinning things are on the gunner’s or commander’s hatch of the French Char 2C or 2C Bis? In this article, you’ll discover what they are, how they work, and why they were used.
To increase the payload of their Lightning and Jaguar warplanes, British designers decided to mount missiles and rockets not only under, but also overwing.
Not only do aircraft have variable thrust vectoring, but so do their missiles! One of these is the SRAAM, which can be found in game on the Hunter F.6 and Harrier GR.1.
During the Second World War, German pilots practised the vertical mounting of guns on their fighters, nicknamed "Schräge Musik" or "Strange Music" — this design allowed them to fly safely to the unprotected undersides of enemy bombers and destroy them unopposed.
