2020年4月28日 · Armed to the teeth with machine guns and a 75mm cannon, B-25s played a key role in World War II as low-level bombers and strafers.

2019年6月7日 · Originally designed as a medium bomber, the U.S. eventually needed a harder hitting plane that could do more damage with its guns. That’s when North American stepped up and showcased their newest modified B-25, the ‘G’ variant. The 75 mm Gun was a standard American weapon mounted on World War II tanks and packed quite a punch.

B-25G-NA History The B-25G-NA was designed at the request of the United States Army. The 75mm cannon, known as the M-4, had been in development and testing since 1936. In 1938, the M-4 cannon was successfully installed and tested in a Douglas B-18. The cannon was demonstrated at Eglin Field in 1940.

2023年8月22日 · A jury-rigged 75mm field gun mounted in the crawlway of a B-25 proved that the aircraft could carry and fire the big gun while aloft, and these efforts led to the factory-designed B-25G cannon-carrying aircraft.

This modified B-25C had the transparent nose replaced to create a short-nosed gunship carrying two fixed .50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns and a 75 mm (2.95 in) M4 cannon, then the largest weapon ever carried on an American bomber (number made: 1, converted).

First model with a nose mounted 75mm cannon. The B-25H had a nose mounted 75mm cannon in the nose that was manually loaded. A total of 1,000 were built. The B-PBJ Mitchell was the U.S. Navy (USN) or U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) were designated for the B-25 Mitchell.

2024年2月25日 · The U.S. Army Air Force’s B-25 Mitchell bomber was notably modified to carry a 75-millimeter gun, similar to those mounted on Sherman tanks, aiming to enhance its effectiveness against Japanese...

Then came the installation of the 75 mm cannon. It required a crewman to load, fire and extract the casing. And when it fired it felt like the aircraft had "hit a brick wall", but with its 2.95 inch (75 mm) projectile, it could turn a tank into scrap metal and punch very large holes in Japanese destroyers and barges at a range of nearly 2 miles.

2021年5月31日 · The B-25G-model had a short, solid nose containing two fixed, Browning M2 heavy machine guns in .50-caliber, and an M4 75mm cannon, by far the largest gun ever fitted to any aircraft, although the German Henschel Hs 129B-3 ground-attack aircraft also mounted a BK 7.5 75mm cannon, for anti-tank use.

2023年2月10日 · In the B-25G, the transparent nose was replaced with a shortened solid front section holding several .50 calibre machine guns, and an M4 75mm (2.75 inch) cannon, making it the most heavily-armed aircraft of the war to date.