During World War II, ball turret gunners had to squeeze into a terrifyingly tiny workspace…
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I wonder how this guy pronounces bull
Imagine the pay
What MOS was this 😂
they want him to get ballshots 😭
An example when the designer smoking too much weed
You need balls of steel to do this job
Sounds like it was in the shape of a ball so he could fit, paul, not a job for you mate , balls only
Sign me up Sam…
No way.
I suspect the only job more terrifying was the Japanese kaiten , human-containing kamikaze piloted torpedo… Reading about the B-17 ball turret gives me chills. Thank you heroes who fought for our freedom, let's hope we can keep it, 80 years later.
I know it was one of the worst jobs to have, but there's just something about the ball turret that I love.
Immense bravery or just big balls
Ultimate fear machine. Claustraphobic, fear of heights, fear of flying, freezing temperatures, low oxygen, getting shot at, explosions all around. Manmade horrors
Me pregunto, si ya habían desarrollado el movimiento hidráulico con la tecnología de ese tiempo hubiera sido posible manejarlo desde dentro del bombardero y no arriesgar una vida en su cubil esférico, lo mismo pensaba de esas embarcaciones de los aliados en el día D en las playas, hubieran desembarcado los soldados con unas placas de acero como escudos con material flotante para que el peso de esos escudos no los hunda o tal vez unas trincheras de acero anfibias como escudos, en realidad me parece que hubo algunas opciones para no mandar sacrificar a tantos soldados de manera innecesaria. Buenos días.
It’s not a bull turret!😂
It's not a "bull" turret
Those who have balls of steel only can mann the ball turret
My pappy was a ball turret gunner 50 successful missions and he said he made a promise with the lord if you see me through I will never fly again and he didn’t we always drove places even well into the 90s
Not to mention that if your landing gear was damaged, and the turret gearing broke, you were absolutely fucked, and knew it.
“Immense bravery” you mean gigantic balls
You're the nut sack of a bomber that's getting shot at. You can say it, you needed balls.
These men were built differently. When that plane left the ground….you better be about that.
I don't see any woman complaining about equality in wars ….biggest hypocrites
I'm no p*ssy, but I'd never climb into 1 of them even if I could fit. Anyone who was brave enough to hop in there & not think twice is a real hero in my book.
Do your history bud😅😮😅 …..wtf….ur going off of ur own head???? No ur wrong research before u post maybe???? The sperry ball turret was safe cozy comfortable and cutting edge. Read bomber interviews next time😂😂😂
'bull' turret? Lol
He missed a trick at the end there. The job of a ball turret gunner required balls.
Oh and hey there was a safety strap at least so if the turret was shot away and you were somehow not killed you’d be strapped to the bottom of the aircraft until someone pulled you in…hopefully.
😳❤️
I'd love to get my hands on one of the targeting computers out of those ball turrets. pretty cutting edge tech at the time
My great grandpa was a ball turret gunner in WW2. He told me about it a few times, said he had a parachute but it was up in the plane not on him anywhere and nothing under his a$$ but glass and some metal strapping. He took pictures from up in the air and damn that really put it into perspective.
I wonder how good it was,was there much friendly fire..it doesn't look like a useful weapon and miserable to operate
Bull turret? Im hearing wrong? Those fake voices…
Also freezing cold
Star wars millineum falcon
A bull turret huh?
Still, they had similar casualty as door gunners and the tail gunner so nothing special compared to the others
"The job of a ball turret gunner was one that required…"
… Balls?
"Immense bravery."
Oh.
they should have made them out of rubber: if the plane went down, it could be disconnected and, after it landed on Germany, it could bounce around – hopefully, back to the UK or CH.
Yoo I just realized that the ball turret is a tie fighter
How tall or I guess how short would you have to be to actually fit in that thing? I assume under average height?