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Old August 13th 04, 08:55 AM
Janne Blomqvist
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In article , G.R. Patterson III wrote:
Jay Honeck wrote:

Suffice it to say that it was a really, really cool Spanish plane, that just
happened to look like every kid's drawing of a Messerschmitt BF (not ME)
109.


Maybe some kid would draw a Bf-109 that poorly, but the differences are dramatic to
anyone who knows what the German plane looks like. Start with the fact that the
exhaust stacks are at the bottom of the plane with the German engine.


Yes, as the real Bf 109 had an inverted V12 engine.

There's also a
40mm cannon in the prop spinner.


Umm, no. There never was a 40 mm cannon. Early versions (Bf 109E) had
two 20 mm cannons in the wings (outside the prop arc) and two 7.9 mm
MG:s on the cowling. Later versions (Bf 109G) had a 20 mm cannon in
the spinner and two 13.1 MG:s on the cowling. Late war versions (Bf
109K) had a 30 mm cannon in the spinner and two 13.1 mm MG:s on the
cowling.

There were some other versions (and subversions marked as e.g. Bf
109E-4) as well, but those three were the main versions produced,
IIRC.

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