Kalinin K-7

Sreiko · 25 February 2009, 02:09 PM

Doc · 25 February 2009, 10:56 PM

I love that armed version (which is poorly documented on the web)! And the additional "pushme/pullyou" engine mounts. Those guns seem to be larger than the 20mm normally noted as being on the aircraft-- I would guess at least 3 inch. I cannot imagine flying it while firing those cannon!

More good photos on web at: Kalinin K-7 | Transportation | Car

Thanks. Doc

Albatros_Ace · 3 March 2009, 06:32 PM

Any reality to thse guns?

Swannie52 · 13 March 2009, 09:18 PM

If anyone was to believe the last two pictures they will believe anything. They are from a flight simulator page and been photoshopped afterwards as well. No wonder it was "not well documented on the web". it doesn't exist.
I can hardly believe people think they arte actual photographs of an actual plane. The 1933 K7 as originally photographed was real alright but not with cannons or in the configuation suggested by the "armed version" People can be made to believe anything. And they do. However I am surprised that people on this forum could be fooled. That really is astonishing.

Albatros_Ace · 13 March 2009, 10:45 PM

I was wondering if the Russians had any attempt to start to design such guns for this aircraft before it crashed and the project was cancelled

Anyone that can type K-7 into google can find out in 10sec. that this never happened

Swannie52 · 13 March 2009, 10:50 PM

<<I was wondering if the Russians had any attempt to start to design such guns for this aircraft before it crashed and the project was cancelled>>

Of course not. It would have been completely impractical.

Albatros_Ace · 13 March 2009, 11:21 PM

Those exact guns,yes completly,different one's without an idiots interpretation streamlined and moved down to 105mm (4.13inch) instead of the impossible 9 or 12 inch guns shown there maybe 3 of them instead of 12 and its getting more realistic sort of like a extremely oversized twin boom AC-130U "Spooky" Gunship

Swannie52 · 14 March 2009, 04:30 AM

<<"Those exact guns,yes completly,different one's without an idiots interpretation streamlined and moved down to 105mm (4.13inch) instead of the impossible 9 or 12 inch guns shown there maybe 3 of them instead of 12 and its getting more realistic sort of like a extremely oversized twin boom AC-130U "Spooky" Gunship">>

As you know I am sure, the only aircraft to carry heavy calibre artillery-type(automatic) weapons before "Spooky" were the US P-39 Aerocobra with its 37mm centrally positioned quick firing cannon and the German JU-87 Stuka tankbuster with twin wing mounted 37 mm guns. The latter being extremely sucessful in the anti tank and ground target strafing role. The Germans also had the ME-410 tank buster equipped with 50mm cannon. Versions of the American B-25 Mitchell bomber carried a 75mm cannon. The British had a 57mm cannon in a Mosquito bomber and the Hurricane fighter was reconfigured to carry twin 40 mm cannon (Bofors I presume) for tank busting (mostly in North Africa) I believe the B-25 Mitchell might have been used in this role by the French Air Froce in the first Vietnam War but I am not sure. So before this adaption of the 40mm and 105mm gun in the AC-130 there have not been instances of large calibre cannon carrying aircraft in action anywhere (the Italians had a multi engined bomber carrying a 105 mm artillery piece which they were experimenting with in the early 1940's but it never saw action. Any idea of anything bigger than the specialized 105 in any aircraft especially in WW2 is a ludicrous idea

Albatros_Ace · 14 March 2009, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Swannie52

<<"Those exact guns,yes completly,different one's without an idiots interpretation streamlined and moved down to 105mm (4.13inch) instead of the impossible 9 or 12 inch guns shown there maybe 3 of them instead of 12 and its getting more realistic sort of like a extremely oversized twin boom AC-130U "Spooky" Gunship">>

As you know I am sure, the only aircraft to carry heavy calibre artillery-type(automatic) weapons before "Spooky" were the US P-39 Aerocobra with its 37mm centrally positioned quick firing cannon and the German JU-87 Stuka tankbuster with twin wing mounted 37 mm guns. The latter being extremely sucessful in the anti tank and ground target strafing role. The Germans also had the ME-410 tank buster equipped with 50mm cannon. Versions of the American B-25 Mitchell bomber carried a 75mm cannon. The British had a 57mm cannon in a Mosquito bomber and the Hurricane fighter was reconfigured to carry twin 40 mm cannon (Bofors I presume) for tank busting (mostly in North Africa) I believe the B-25 Mitchell might have been used in this role by the French Air Froce in the first Vietnam War but I am not sure. So before this adaption of the 40mm and 105mm gun in the AC-130 there have not been instances of large calibre cannon carrying aircraft in action anywhere (the Italians had a multi engined bomber carrying a 105 mm artillery piece which they were experimenting with in the early 1940's but it never saw action. Any idea of anything bigger than the specialized 105 in any aircraft especially in WW2 is a ludicrous idea

I Agree