"us paras anti aircraft weapons ww2?" Topic
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| wardog | 18 Mar 2018 2:46 p.m. PST |
just wondering
what anti-aircraft weapons did us paras use on their drops ww2 was it simply m2 hmg on anti-aircraft mounts or was anti aircraft defence simply ignored |
79thPA  | 18 Mar 2018 4:42 p.m. PST |
An airborne battalion did not have any M2s. An airborne division had a small AA battalion that had 36 M2s (in 3 batteries) on AA mounts. |
| Onomarchos | 18 Mar 2018 4:58 p.m. PST |
They used the US Army Air Corps and hundreds of P-51s and P-47s. Mark |
| zoneofcontrol | 18 Mar 2018 5:52 p.m. PST |
80th Anti-Aircraft Battalion of the 82nd Airborne Division:
link |
| rmaker | 18 Mar 2018 6:11 p.m. PST |
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| TacticalPainter01 | 18 Mar 2018 6:46 p.m. PST |
Ah yes, the famous anti-aircraft bazooka, every Luftwaffe pilot's worst nightmare. Until he woke up. |
| McWong73 | 18 Mar 2018 9:40 p.m. PST |
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| Gunfreak | 18 Mar 2018 10:57 p.m. PST |
Well, we know the 1911, blows up Tiger tanks, so I'm sure it works great on aircraft too. Ah, the mighty .45 the ultimate all-round caliber. |
 Legion 4 | 20 Mar 2018 3:59 p.m. PST |
IIRC, an M2 .50 cal weights @ 128 lbs., not counting ammo. Not easy to hump around. |
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