B-17 Ball Turret Gunner (Dangerous Jobs in History)

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A ball turret was a spherical-shaped, altazimuth mount gun turret, fitted to some American-built aircraft during World War II. The name arose from the turret's spherical housing.

It was a manned turret, as distinct from remote-controlled turrets also in use. The turret held the gunner, two heavy machine guns, ammunition, and sights. The Sperry Corporation designed ventral versions that became the most common version; thus, the term "ball turret" generally indicates these versions.
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Such a lot of really bad engineering let slide in WWII, By expanding the turret design by just a few inches all around, they would've had room for a parachute. And our Sailors and Submariners were told to go chase down enemy ships and subs with torpedoes that were mostly duds because of bad detonator rings.

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