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The later models of B-29 had automated gun sighting so one person could aim multiple machine gun turrets at a single target. Are there any accounts of this being successfully used? How accurate was it? Was it a reliable defense system or did the plane more benefit from its altitude and speed?

by /u/senrnariz in /r/AskHistorians

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