blockhaj
Swedish "want to be" aviation specialist
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Dont know how well this community likes necro's but the S4 also known as the P3 Sparmann E4 or J-8 as it would have been called in swedish service. Damn Gladiator! Here is an interpretation of how it would have looked based on several blueprints ive found of it.
Also the 12.7's was just an example that it should have 2 heavy mg's and not specifically 12.7mm mg's. Since sweden hadnt adopted any heavy machinegun at this oint they just wrote down the standard calibre of that time for for heavy mg's. Sweden later adopted the 13.2x99 fn automatic cannon (it fired he bullets) also known as the 13.2 mm m/39 in swedish service and that is what the J-8 would probably have been using. Also some blueprints suggest that it would have used 4x 8mm madsen mg's at the start of development. The early blueprints doesnt have the pods above the landing gear where the heavy mg's would have been placed.
Also the 12.7's was just an example that it should have 2 heavy mg's and not specifically 12.7mm mg's. Since sweden hadnt adopted any heavy machinegun at this oint they just wrote down the standard calibre of that time for for heavy mg's. Sweden later adopted the 13.2x99 fn automatic cannon (it fired he bullets) also known as the 13.2 mm m/39 in swedish service and that is what the J-8 would probably have been using. Also some blueprints suggest that it would have used 4x 8mm madsen mg's at the start of development. The early blueprints doesnt have the pods above the landing gear where the heavy mg's would have been placed.
