A huge variety of armaments were mounted on aircraft during WW2, and one such experiment which went to great lengths throughout the duration of the war was large calibre cannons. Mounting large calibre cannons on aircraft was in its infancy at the beginning of war, but very quickly exploded into a vast array of aircraft equipped with huge guns. In this video we explore the biggest.
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