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 Post subject: 5th Air Force B-25s
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Does anyone knoe why the 5th AF removed the package guns from their strafer J models?

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This is only my theory, but I would imagine weight and maintenance.

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42nd BG B-25J straffers didn't carry the package guns. Few of their standard Js did also.
Their earlier B-25Gs usually had the 75mm removed with 2 x .50 in the place.

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100th BS strafed with no package guns
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