Japanese Aircraft under Heavy AA Fire seen from the Deck of USS Wasp, 1944 by homieTow Tags:Combat FootageConflicts 7 comments This looks like it would be fun as hell to join in and man one of the cannon, at least if you took away the risk of imminent death you & all those around you face if you fail… and the pilot you’re killing if you succeed. [source](https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77719) The Capcom video games 1941 and 1942, just blankets of concentrated fire everywhere. Pew pew Never realized naval AA guns could put out so much fire during WWII. The number of projectiles is impressive, did they also use these ships’ anti-aircraft guns against targets on land on some occasions? For every tracer you see there are, what? 10 other rounds? Never realized how closely Star Wars copied WW2 Leave a ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment.
This looks like it would be fun as hell to join in and man one of the cannon, at least if you took away the risk of imminent death you & all those around you face if you fail… and the pilot you’re killing if you succeed.
The number of projectiles is impressive, did they also use these ships’ anti-aircraft guns against targets on land on some occasions?
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This looks like it would be fun as hell to join in and man one of the cannon, at least if you took away the risk of imminent death you & all those around you face if you fail… and the pilot you’re killing if you succeed.
[source](https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77719)
The Capcom video games 1941 and 1942, just blankets of concentrated fire everywhere. Pew pew
Never realized naval AA guns could put out so much fire during WWII.
The number of projectiles is impressive, did they also use these ships’ anti-aircraft guns against targets on land on some occasions?
For every tracer you see there are, what? 10 other rounds?
Never realized how closely Star Wars copied WW2