Tex Houston wrote:

"BUFDRVR" wrote in message
...


I've copied two paragraphs from Joe Baugher's website and these only


apply


to the B-52H.


Hmm, according to my books on the BUFF, the 20mm cannon was a "stock item"


on


the H model.


BUFDRVR




You want to reread that first paragraph which reads "The defensive tail
armament was changed. The quartet of 0.50-inch machine
guns carried by earlier versions was replaced by a single General Electric
M61 20-mm six-barreled rotary cannon. "

It says the .50s were used on EARLIER versions. My experience was with Ds
and Gs. The 20mm was only on the H which is what my message said.

Tex Houston




Is a tail gun necessary on a B52? Has one ever been used as a defensive
measure in recent times?

Also, refresh my memory, it was a B52 that Slim Pickens was dropped from
in the movie ( as per BUFDRVR's signature )?? It's been a long time
since I saw the flick. And as more of a side note, was BUFDRVR's H
model built before or after the movie came out?