I think they also mounted a 105mm in Puff the Magic Dragon C130 in Vietnam.
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From: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
Subject: RE: Propster (non-LSR)
> Lance;
>
> The recoil of that 105mm must have been brutal.
>
> Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: JOE LANCE [mailto:jolylance@earthlink.net]
> Subject: Re: Propster (non-LSR)
>
> Does that Dornier DO 335 have a "Meridith Effect" oil cooler under the
tail?
> (couldn't help myself). Those German engineers did a lot of wild stuff.
> They also built a tank-killer fighter plane with a 105mm Howitzer mounted
> underneath--called it a "panzerknocker" I think we also built an
> experimental plane with the same engine/prop configuration as the DO 335.
>
> Lance
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
> To: "'Skip Higginbotham'" <saltrat@pro-blend.com>; "Ron Gibson"
> <rgg14@cox.net>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 4:36 PM
> Subject: RE: Propster (non-LSR)
>
>
> > Skip;
> >
> > You're right; I should have said Supermarine "Sea Fire".
> >
> > See: http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/Trempe/2010L.jpg
> >
> > A Rolls-Royce Griffon Type 83 was also used on the Avro Shackleton.
> >
> > One other way around the propeller torque roll problem was the way
Dornier
> > approached it in their Do. 335 Pfeil (Arrow) design.
> >
> > See: http://members.tripod.com/~DOM_H/do335.htm
> >
> > Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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