A Northrop P-61 Black Widow firing all four Browning .50 caliber machine guns in the top turret along with the Hispano 20 mm cannons in the lower forward fuselage while on the ground at night.
I just DuckDuckGo'ed it.
Turns out the laser was actually invented in 1960 it was just considered a useless invention until Star Wars proved it could be uses for weapons.
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sbv@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 57d
DeepDown@leminal.space · 7 pts · 57d
I forgot I was really obsessed with these planes as a kid. Where did that interest go?
aGlassDarkly@piefed.zip · 7 pts · 57d
Into your next hyper-fixation, of course.
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social · 5 pts · 57d
Uuuuh! What is it? I need a new one!
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 57d
Roadside Research is pretty fun and only $13 due to early access. You play as an alien that is running a gas station.
BuccaneerScientist@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 57d
Is it shooting lasers? I thought laser weapons weren't invented before 1977?
clockworkrat@slrpnk.net · 10 pts · 57d
Tracer rounds? Not sure they were doing particularly high speed photography with this image.
BuccaneerScientist@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 57d
I just DuckDuckGo'ed it. Turns out the laser was actually invented in 1960 it was just considered a useless invention until Star Wars proved it could be uses for weapons.
wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 57d
My birth was a byproduct of that, rumor has it.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 57d
Tracers that point both ways.
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 57d
It’s the heat…
Reverendender@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 57d
That was a fascinating article. I had never heard of these planes and their role in WWII before.
teslekova@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 57d
For when the hangar door is stuck and you really want to just get the plane in and go to the pub.