oooooo new thumbnail style
(Also bug fixed as of 4/23/24, enjoy less spontaneous combustions)

Original build Here

RAF B-17 version Here

Swarm version (multiple spawnable at once) here

• The Defensive bombers series’ aim is to make killing AI bomber targets 10x more difficult, because fun is not allowed
• The YB-40 was basically a gunship variant of the B-17, meant to protect other B-17s during raids. Now, you can simulate being a German pilot by getting obliterated by the stupid amount of guns, that also have deadly accuracy because I still can’t make the AI less accurate. Fun!

Functional armament

(Spawn as AI in aggressive mode, guns will activate and deactivate depending on if they are in arc)

-1x .30 mg (front facing, covers a small area)
-1x Twin .50 turret (chin mount) (covers front and direct sides of the bomber)
-2x twin .50 turrets (dorsal) (covers all areas except the bottom of the bomber)
-1x twin .50 ball turret (covers the bottom of the bomber, can’t shoot very far up)
-1x twin .50 mount (tail) (covers the rear of the aircraft, has a decent firing arc)
-2x twin .50 mounts (waists) (have small firing arcs covering the direct sides of the aircraft)

Notes

• I finally got the FT for tail guns to work properly, and to celebrate, I’ve updated the B-29 and given it the tail turret it rightly deserves as well! Now I can somewhat easily make more of these pretty quickly. (Depends on how not-lazy I am)
• It might stop firing randomly sometimes, no clue why this happens
• It might hit itself while firing sometimes, but it doesn’t really affect it
• I do also have axis builds planned (Stuka is done, HE-111 and FW-200 are being worked on, etc.) so don’t worry

Enjoy getting obliterated!