//Messerschmitt Me 262A-1a/U4, JV 44,
//Maj. Wilhelm Herget, Munich-Riem 1945
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* Model by Wolfgangn "binni" Binder
* Skin by Christian Mosimann

A more spectacular installation was provided by a 50-mm. Rheinmetall BK 5 
first tested in a modified Me 262A-la (Werk- Nr. 130 083), the barrel of 
the immense cannon projecting almost 7 ft. ahead of the fuselage. The BK 5 
was installed well forward of the c.g., necessitating the provision of a 
compensating weight in the rear fuselage, and the nosewheel had to be 
modified so that it would swivel to lie flat beneath the weapon. Somewhat 
surprisingly, its installation had no harmful effect on performance, and 
during air-to-ground firing trials, between 25 and 27 hits were repeatedly 
scored from a possible 30 against a rectangular target 105 ft. in length 
(representing the span of a heavy bomber) from altitudes between 3,940 and 
4,920 ft. Normally only one round would be fired at a time owing to the 
immense amount of smoke, the cannon fired at 75 rounds per minute . 
Two other Me 262A-la fighters were fitted with the BK 5 but were restricted 
to ground firing trials. A design study was also performed for the 
installation of the 55-mm. MK 114 cannon in a similar fashion to that of the 
BK 5, but plans to mount this weapon were abandoned in favour of the 50-mm. 
Rheinmetall- Mauser MK 214A which was installed in one Me 262A-la, 
ground-firing trials commencing on March 23, 1945, although, in the event, 
these tests had not been completed when hostilities terminated. 
The end of the war prevented trials with yet another weapon, the Mauser MG 
213 revolver cannon, which was about to be fitted to another Me 262A-la at 
Oberammergau. 


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Special thanks to Mikko "Migge" Kosonen for the cockpit-artwork.

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Wolfgang Binder & Christian Mosimann
September 2000