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F.18/40 Night fighter with turret.Boulton Paul P.97B.Picture source.http://raigap.livejournal.com/474600.htmlGood explanation.http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_boulton_paul_P97.html"The P.97 was designed with several alternative armament layouts. The most conventional had fixed forward firing cannon and the Turret from the Boulton Paul Defiant carried above the wing (P.97B). There was also a version with the standard cannon but without the turret (P.97A). A raised navigator's position replaced the turret. In both cases the six cannon were to be carried in a weapons bay within the central nacelle, below the mid mounted wings.A more radical version would have been armed with twin 20mm cannon, carried in slots on either side of the nose, and capable of moving up or down. This would have been for ground attack missions, allowing the aircraft to fly level while hitting ground targets. Although the P.97 didn’t get built, the movable cannon concept was used in a modified form on the post-war Avro Shackleton. "
F.18/40 Night fighter with turret.
Boulton Paul P.97B.
Picture source.
http://raigap.livejournal.com/474600.html
Good explanation.
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_boulton_paul_P97.html
"The P.97 was designed with several alternative armament layouts. The most conventional had fixed forward firing cannon and the Turret from the Boulton Paul Defiant carried above the wing (P.97B). There was also a version with the standard cannon but without the turret (P.97A). A raised navigator's position replaced the turret. In both cases the six cannon were to be carried in a weapons bay within the central nacelle, below the mid mounted wings.
A more radical version would have been armed with twin 20mm cannon, carried in slots on either side of the nose, and capable of moving up or down. This would have been for ground attack missions, allowing the aircraft to fly level while hitting ground targets. Although the P.97 didn’t get built, the movable cannon concept was used in a modified form on the post-war Avro Shackleton. "
