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Old 07-11-2013, 08:54 AM
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Originally Posted by funkychinaman View Post
I can't recall any off-hand, at least none that aren't documentaries. The first Transformers had a gunship scene, but I don't know if we ever saw the inside of the plane.

If I recall, the crewmen actually riding with the weapons only load them (at least the Bofors gun and the howitzer, I imagine they'd just have a drums for the miniguns.) Someone in the cockpit aims the weapons, and the pilot pulls the trigger.
That's correct, it is the guy at a sensor station who actually aims and fires the guns. However if one did ever turn up in a film where we saw people operating the weapons, I would probably say that the only ones who would get the credit for it would be the people loading the guns not the person who actually aims them, as in real terms he has nothing to do with the weapons. Also, only the 25mm Equalizers are trainable from the sensor station, earlier variants with the twin 20mm Vulcans had them fixed and were aimed by manoeuvring the plane
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