The Heavily Armed B-25J.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ก.พ. 2022
- You did not want to be on the receiving end of a strafing run from the North American B-25J Mitchell.
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I found one of these crashed in the jungle of Guam but it had a 75 mm cannon mounted in the nose..
The 75mm was an anti ship weapon it also had 50 cals when the 50s started hitting the target the 75 would be fired.
Is it there still?
@@kyle_mk17 probably so that was in 77 on an isolated part of Andersen AB
@@joelrawlston2688 amazing
@@joelrawlston2688 thanks for sharing
"How many guns do you want on your B25?"
"Yes."
*"WE ARE STILL BADASSES TO THIS DAY EVEN THOUGH THE ONLY USEFUL THING WE MADE STOPPED BEING USEFUL 70 YEARS AGO!"*
*laughs in B-29*
Typical americans
@@robertharris6092 hehe german jet go brrrrrr
Sir if your having to ask is not enough , lol right
"What's your favorite gun?"
"B-25 J Model."
"What?"
This gun ship was a creation of Pappy Gunn. A very important person from WWII that has been forgotten. He went to the B-25 factory and showed then how to rig the plane with all the machine guns. They were used to attack Japanese shipping.
Yes, General Kenney's Air Force. Thanks for contributing this.
There’s a great book written about him called “Indestructible”.
Here we see the grandfather of the A-10.
EXACTLY what I was thinking"" BURRRRRRT""" A-10 BABY" the tank killers"
Dammit I was going to say that
Literally no correlation whatsoever
@@oceanman6375 so your suggesting that a airplane that has 15 guns all pointing forward with the ability of stopping the plane midair compared with another plane that has a Gatling gun that can also stop it mid air, or the fact either plane is designed to shred armor or either is flown and fired by the same pilot has no correlation.
“Literally no imagination, whatsoever. “
What would the father of the A-10 be?
The crew chief in charge of sighting in every gun to the same aim point at 1/4 mile: This is gonna take all day.
LOL
Underrated comment lmao
They didn't always sight them to the same spot even on Fighters some liked a cone of fire each gun aimed at a point a bit further than the others.
My grandfather was one of Doolittle’s Tokyo Raiders. He passed in 2007.
What an absolute madlad rest in peace
Was that the name of his squadron?
respect to your pop pop we here cus of men like him
@@stogash He was bombardier on Plane #11.
Much respect to yoir grand Dad..
"its like a fighter, except bigger, with more guns"
And more bombs
And a tad bit less maneuverable
Its a gunship in other words a bomber that’s been modified with a ton of guns for ground support
Sunderland is gunship
Man we built our dreams back then.
:(
Amen.
if your dream is a plane with a machine gun under every metallic panel....
Yes now we just eat them?
@@LIONTAMER3D yep
I took my dad to the ‘Cat museum back around 2004-2005. He was a Navy guy and served on the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. He loved all the Cats in the museum. It was his last road trip and we made the most of it, and had the best day there. Thanks to all!
My grandfather flew the B25, and was awarded the flying distinguished cross for saving his crew. He flew just over 70 missions, although he could've gone home after 25, but he refused and said the job wasn't completed until the war was over! I have his Sextant, his medals and so much more, Captain hat, bomber jacket! I'm so excited to see this video, thank you!
Back when men were men.
If your grandfather is still around tell him a random person said thank you.
An edit to that: being as though we’re talking about WW2 era I’m assuming he’s not still with us. My apologies.
Unfortunately he is not and I never had the chance to meet him, has he passed away when my father was just 19 years old. I'm just grateful my father told me all the stories growing up and researched all the declassified missions he was on. Thank you 🙏
I salute your Grandfather!
@@williamsparks1521 Thank you so much! 🙏
70 missions wow, very lucky man. Most crew didnt last that long
My father, a flight mechanic during WWII, told me of a B-25 that they had mounted a 105 recoilless rifle (canon) as a way to increase it's forward firing power. He said test firing the weapon while flying would feel like the plane jerked to a stop with flames covered the cockpit windshield & after a few firings, when the returned to air base, they found that all of rivets heads in front of the canon were worn smooth!
They toned it down to a 75mm on the naval variant of the aircraft.
Is it a recoil less rifle or a cannon because those two are not the same thing and it makes a difference.
If it's a recoiless rifle, then that's an insane idea to mount one in a plane. If you know how recoiless rifles work, you know why.
A 105mm cannon on the other hand, is not such a dumb idea. And would be more practical, I think.
The Martin Caiden book Whip is about a squadron of theses airplanes.
Remember reading that as a kid. Good call!
Imagine the amount of lead going down from that plane
That bird was "Puff, The Magic Dragon's" grand daddy!
Kinda funny that the puffs were c47s that were built about the same time as the B25s.
Not really the same
"Do you want to keep the bomber, or get a fighter?"
"Yes"
To be fair you see many in warthunder that use bombers as fighters.
@@Hellsong89 and SPGs as AA
Love the Kzoo air museum!
*"WE ARE STILL BADASSES TO THIS DAY EVEN THOUGH THE ONLY USEFUL THING WE MADE STOPPED BEING USEFUL 70 YEARS AGO!"*
@@jonslg240 russia?
@@generallaro1269 is non relevant
I didn't know that Michigan had an Air Zoo! Now I'm going to have to go check it out!
Considering it is a death machine, it is way cooler than it deserves to be, starting from the totally awesome nose-art. What a piece!! 👍🏻🖤🏴☠️
My Dad was a flight mechanic during the war at American training base. Test flights of repaired planes the pilot would dive a small lake and fire all guns. It would cut a hole in the water.
I think you might be mistaken the B25 for the B26 that was a danger Is airplane to fly
@@TheHolyhandgranade I think when Nick called it a “death machine” he meant that it was a bringer of death (which it was). Not that it was deadly to the crews that flew them.
That’s a ton of freedom raining down on the adversary!
Mong.
Yankee Doodle Dandy killer c**ts!!
The Dutch Air Force used them too! I think they had all the turrets installed so it came out on 17 machine guns. Man I love the b25 so much
I'm close to Kalamazoo, I should go and see that in person
I read Gen. George Kenney's book on the Pacific war - one of the best books I've ever read. So fascinating to hear stories about B-25s being jerry rigged out in the field.
I LOVE this PARTICULAR model of the North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber! THANK YOU SO MUCH for bringing this baby up!
There was a model of B25 that had 16 or maybe it was 20 ...50BMG . Was used for low level strafing of Japanese islands,airfields,etc
dude it must have been awesome to see and hear all them guns open up and let loose!
Thanks Kazoo for keeping history alive…
I remember the first few times I'd see these in War Thunder thinking "What an idiot - why would he engage me head-on in a heavy bomber" lol
This is so interesting, lining a entire plane like a rifle must have taken so much experience and skill. This also a great channel and I will be subbing to see more in the future. ❤
First time euan wasn't with us at the air zoo
Man, that’s a whole lotta “F*ck around and find out!” Badass gunship!!
My uncle worked on this airplane as a electrical engineer when they came back all shot up in WW2. The ground crews had to wash the planes out before my uncle could put in new wiring harnesses. He moved over to the B17’s and it was a carnage nightmare when they made it back from a bombing run in Germany.
Wow i had never ever Imagine they did that, just amazing 😮 thanks for great video content!
The PBJ-1H had a 75mm cannon in the nose under 4 .50 cal machine guns. Add in the four on the side and the two in the top turret that's still 10 .50 cal machine guns along with that 75mm anti tank cannon. There was a reduction in bomb load compared to the b-25 versions but it was still around 2000 lbs worth of bombs.
I know nobody cares, but I have that bird decal in War Thunder
i care, and that's dope
@@AirZoo well cool, thank you.
M2 Browning's are a thing of amazement for how long they've lasted. Truly a masterpiece armed with several masterpieces.
The B-25 was an absolute beast of a workhorse. They put a 75mm cannon in some models (like the Navy's PBJ model). Modifications like this that are just flying gun platforms. The Soviets, for some reason, when they received some earlier model B-25s *_decided that they were heavy fighters._* The Soviets were *_actually attempting to dogfight with this._* They were pulling such maneuvers and stressing the airframe so much that they'd have to go by and replace and re-rivet all the rivets that were coming loose or popped off during said combat.
Even the Soviets eventually realized maybe this wasn't the best idea and stopped doing it for the most part. The fact that useful numbers of Pe-2/Pe-3s came around also saw it shift more to that as a heavy fighter.
It's kinda amazing how even after indigenous Soviet aircraft that were finally available came online, you saw a lot of Soviet pilots of P-39/P-63s and things of that nature that didn't really want to trade in their Lend-Lease aircraft for their La-5, Yak-7 or their late-model Yak-9 series.
Makes me wonder if Shermans were a large part of the Lend-Lease equipment (this is a huge hypothetical because the timelines of available don't line up or make sense for it to be sent, by the time M4 Shermans were available we were already in the war and needed them and the Soviets already had the T-34) how much more they would've liked it over their T-34. My guess? Vastly more.
Dam. Impressive
New pilot: so I aim the small reticle at what I want to shoot?
Instructor: Yes
New pilot: then what's the big reticle for?
Instructor: Everything else you want to shoot
Edit: original grammar was bad
You have to line both up...
...That's not how it works, Max. It's a sight picture. Both the rear and front sight need to be aligned together. Otherwise you're shooting way off target. Same goes for a rifle or handgun sight.
Took my grand kids here at Christmas, LOVED IT! The adults were all impressed too!!
I can’t even begin to imagine the set of balls you would need to fly that thing
I always loved these and the A-20 Havocs. They are my dream aircraft to fly in.
If I remember correctly, these modifications are thanks to Dolittle. There's a fictional book written back in the 70s or so that told the story of how a squadron based in Australia came up with this idea.
It was pretty close to the true story about how these airframe came into being. They were feared throughout the Pacific lol.
Thank you sir🇺🇸😎🤙
IMO that's shying away from a bomber a bit, sort of a cross between medium bomber and heavy attack aircraft. Awesome!
When I was growing up one of our neighbors (maybe 8 houses away) owned a B-25 which he kept at the local airstrip maybe 10 miles away. A few times each summer he would crank that old bird up and buzz the neighborhood. On a scale of 1 to 10, this was a 15. The "Mitchell" was one of the slickest looking aircraft in our inventory.
“I’ve got a bead on him”… it all makes sense now😦🤯
Holy shit I’ve loved the air zoo since I was a kid glad to see it get some popularity
Saw one of these painted Marine Corp Blue named Devil Dog at an airshow.
They are badazz.
The Mitchell was one of my favorite ever aircraft.
Beutiful ship.
The B-25 is one of my favorite WW2 PLANES right there with the F4U Corsair
Mitchell was always my favorite plane
bro really maxed out the plane to full level
My grandfather flew a B25 Michelle during WW2. He built them in Michigan and decided he wanted to fly one. Lol. Miss you Edsel Dunn
I love that he calls that murder weapon “extremely useful”.
14...50cals... Wow... That was probably like hell from above when they opened them all UP!
The WW2 A-10. 14 .50 Cals ripping up the jungle probably sounded amazing
My favorite version of the B-25 👍
Absolutely gorgeous aircraft and paint scheme.
12 guns all at once with no recoil whatsoever that's next level.
You had me at "loaded with guns"
Those days pilot not only fly the plane but also as a gunner, what a job
I’ve got to say… if you piloted one of these, you were an amazing pilot. Actually hitting the targets with fixed hard points is very challenging.
That is probably a major inspiration for the A-10 Warthog
Twenty years ago, I was honored to speak with the pilot of this B-25. He spoke of his time in the war, and is a memory I will cherish to my dying day. Thank Kalamazoo Air Zoo for keeping these majestic pieces of history restored for future generations to see and learn from.
Please tell some stories!!
Thanks for the amazing knowledge of this beautiful warbird.
Notice on the guns mounted on the side of the forward fuselage, there is what appears to be an extra skin panel on the fuselage, inboard of the upper gun. This was used to prevent the muzzle blast from buckling the skin. The muzzle blast from the .50 BMG is powerful and can cause damage to anything close to it.
Thank you Pappy Gunn! You crazy innovative man who wouldn't take "bombers can't strafe" for an answer!
Not forgetting the RAF Mosquito aircraft armed with a 6lb quick firing cannon and machine guns. Later a prototype Mozzie was fitted with a 32lb quick firing cannon that fired correctly when under test.
wow, massive balls of steel of the pilots who had to shoulder this plane to fire it against the enemies
There's some great footage of these on TH-cam. I particularly like the para frag ones.
The B25 was a real Hot Rod too!
this thing is so freaking cool! it's almost hard to believe they actually used this!
Thanks, Doc!
The plane STAYS strapped
The B25 J variant gave a New Meaning to the saying...Im going IN with ALL GUNS BLAZING!!!!
Awesome and thank you for sharing this video
B-25 : Full Freedom Mode
Dakka in it's purest form
All those beautiful M2's
The engineers that designed this were always muttering "needs more dakka"
The A-10 Thunderbolt grandaddy!
Saw one fly in 1959
The PBJ-1H, a navy variant of the B-25, had a 75mm cannon mounted in the nose, slightly to its left, along with guns, pods, and a bomb bay. It was used as an anti-ship striker/bomber.
Awsome.. My Great Uncle flew a B 25. He went down in a storm around Bougainville June 5th 1944. My Grandpa was headed to the beach at Normandy..Granpa made it back. God Bless our troops.
Bro fr took "lmao bombers cant shoot down interceptors" personally 💀
i was a huge ww2 nerd as a kid. this was my favorite plane by far.
I love the B-25! I even got to go up in one in Minnesota (2013)
What a beautiful piece of machinery!!!!
Nice mustache Mr. 25
I like that it was the first bomber to be deployed from an Aircraft Carrier. Those ones had a few less armorments though.
“How many guns do you want?”
“Yes”
This variant of the B-25 is the most American thing I've ever seen in my fucking life.
The P-47 Thunderbolt was a brutal ground-attack plane with 8 50 caliber guns but 14 from the B-25J had to be truly devastating.
Manufacturer: how many guns do you want. B25: YES
Fun fact, there was an earlier model of this ground pound model of B-25 with a 75mm canon in the nose in stead of the 6 guns at the front
That’s the same B25 Mitchell I have in war thunder this plane shreds
People: 8 guns are enough...
B-25: Hold my beer. Lol!
That's basically the precursor to the A10
My uncle was a gunner in a B-25 based out of England.
being a grunt I always love the gunships.have a good one Doc