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...The Ju-52/3m was armed, and you can quite clearly see it in most pictures of it.
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| The Ju-52 was armed, but this was limited to single, hand-operated 7.92mm MGs in the dorsal and ventral position; harldy imposing.
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| On paper yes, better than nothing. But in practicality teh two weapons were unlikely to have any effect and discouraging an attack. Just look at what happened to all of those Ju-52s trying to cross the Med.
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05-31-2004, 05:46 PM
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Country:  | Plan_D, yes sorry the Dc-3/C-47 names gets switched in my head.
They are almost the same. When you look at it.
I think the Li-2 even a little better then the C-47, I liked the ruggedness and the classic Russian thought to make it idiot proff or as close to it as posible. The guns though seem like they would not ward off a fighter 
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Country: | Well the DC-3 and C-47 are the same, basically, I just wanted to be annoying because the C-47 is the military version.
The Li-2 was probably better in some aspects, the Soviets certainly gave the Americans the idea for the gunship...the Li-2 sporting the many machine guns for ground attack...became the AC-47 'Spooky' of Vietnam.
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sorry, MGs mean machine guns............
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06-02-2004, 04:49 PM
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But the aircraft had a lot of differnt designations. The C-53 Skytrooper was the troop transport. it had no reinforced floor or cargo doors.
Over all the plane is a great one, and one that I would love to see fly again.
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06-04-2004, 06:32 PM
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| What, the DC-3/C-47? Go to Mexico or somewhere in S. America, a lot of small airlines and militaries still use them as GP aircraft. | |
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Country: | True, but to see it fly is the States on a grular base. It would be great to restart the production maybe on a limited bit. 
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06-05-2004, 11:11 PM
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| Good luck getting that to happen. I imagine the CAF probably has one still flying.
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