In message , Merlin Dorfman
writes
ArtKramr ) wrote:
: I'll start that one off with the P-39 Aircobra. Any more?

Don't tell that to the Russians, who got many via lend-lease and
made a great tank-buster of it with its 37 mm. cannon.

They used it as a fighter, not a tankbuster (though it did well in the
role: the Eastern Front was a low-level arena and the P-39 was in its
element).

The 37mm was actually fairly low velocity compared to a proper antitank
weapon (~600m/s muzzle velocity, compared to ~900 for antitank guns and
airborne 37s designed for tank killing)
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