I´ve failed to find answers to most of your questions, number of rounds etc. is something that the normal author does not seem to include in books. The german designator system is very complicated, and various /U and /R modifications muddle the water very much. Basically, as I understand it (no reason to suspect that is correct!), the /U variant is a field modificaton, while /R is a modification made on the poduction line and might be the same as a different /U number. From the book Messerschmitt Bf 110 by Terry C. Treadwell:
Bf 110-4/U9: Later redesigned G-4/R3 this variant was fitted with two MK 108 cannon in the upper nose section.
That tends to tell me that the field modifications were adobted on the production line. No further mention is made in this book about a G-4/R3 variant. Ony the G4a to d

Next in line, as a variant is this one:
Bf 110G4a/R1: GM 1 power-boost system. Two ETC500 bomb racks fitted to the under fuselage and four ETC50 racks under the wings. Also fitted with a Hirschgeweih aerial mounting for radar.

Then we have, a little further down the line:
Bf 110G4b/R1: Fitted with Lichtenstein C1 and Hirschgeweih aerials

And now for this question from you.

From what I understand the -110G was not only a daylight bomber destroyer, but it was also a fighter-bomber and like earlier models could carry bombs of various sizes. I know that a rack could be carried under the fuselage to carry two 250 or 500-kg bombs and then underwing racks could carry four more smaller 50-kg bombs. I was wondering smaller bombs could be carried on the fuselage racks or if they were only designed for 250 & 500-kg weapons.
PII

I do not think the ETC 500 could handle very small weapons. IIRC the ETC500was what they called universal bombrack that could handle anything from 100 kg and to the big ones. I stand corrected on that one though!;)

However, this variant shows that something smaller could be carried:
Bf 110G4b/R3 Similar to the G4b/R1 but armament included two 20mm Mg 151/20 cannon and ETC50 or ETC500 racks

So on the face of it, I would say that it could carry small bombs on an ETC50 rack, but depending on the designation, and like I said before the german designations are a nightmare to get through!;)

Mike,
Your above post needs a little clarification. H2S is indeed the chemical symbol for Hydrogen Sulphide. Thing is, this is a very, very bad smelling substance. Picture an elevator with you and ten other people in it. The other ten had all been eating strong strong curry the night before, and then all fa*t at the same time. The smell is going to be something you will remember, but it is not as bad as the real H2S!

The story is, that the boffins were intoducing the new ground mapping radar to Bomber Command. A high ranking officer did not really believe that it was possible to get a real time picture of the ground under the aircraft. He thought it was all a waste of time really. He was overruled, and they had to find a new code name for it. So when the discussion about a codename started he said: “It stinks, let´s call it H2S”

At least that is the popular story, it might not be correct!

in fact I’m thinking more of the good will done through various organizations and the use of our government’s military might to provide humanitarian relief to parts of the world that have been hit hard over the years be it through natural disasters or disease or whatever else. Be honest….can anyone think of any one country that has done more than the United States has in terms of using its military resources for humanitarian relief? Certainly hundreds of nations have done great things in the name of humanity, and I mean not to belittle their contributions, but the USA has used its power and wealth in a positive manner in numerous occasions.

I would like to remind you of a certain hurricane that hit a city with a very french name. The hurricane was called Katrina. The humanitarian relief provide by the good, old US of A was none existant almost. Water, blankets and tents had to be airlifted from the UK to aid the people. And you are telling me that this is the most humain, and greatest nation on the planet, capable to provide humanitarian relief to nations on the other side of the planet, is not able to cope with it´s own disasters? How does that work out? I´ll tell you how it works.

If some country, lets call it far-away-istan, has a natural disaster, the good old U.S. of A will pitch in some helos to fly aid (paid for by other countries) to certain parts of the country that is held by militia factions favorable to the Whitehouse. All other parts of said country can eat **** and die for all the Whitehouse cares! So where is the great humanitarian effort you are talking about.

Let´s talk about the humanitarian aid the Good, Old, U.S. of A. is giving to Darfur in the Sudan. I fly in there (Sudan that is) every once in a while, with 40+ tonnes of aid. Can you tell me how much the U.S. of A. is providing there? And in real money, that is Euros??? I would be really interested to know. 40+tonnes in aid is worth a lot of money, and if you can show me that 25% is paid for by the Good Old U.S. of A., then I will be impressed.

PhantomII, You can be proud of your American passport (I put it like that because I´ve no idea of your background), but the rest of the world is not as stupid as you think.

I know Peter V got his into the air in super quick time.

I don´t think that says anything about the complexities, or otherwise, of the Hurricane construction. All it says, really, is that Peter V had enough money to get it into the air in that time.

If you have enough money, and hence enough people working for you, you can get a dataplate restoration flying in less than a year.

Disclaimer: I´m not saying that Peter´s Hurri is a dataplate restoration. Just stating what I think is possible;) 😉

Ahemmm. You think the Icelandic reporter does not do his stuff 😉 😀 😀 Of course I did. Same day 😀 Here is the link to the thread I posted, and it has a better video than yours :diablo: 😀 😀

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=64778

Jaybee, you could always do like a friend of mine does. He keeps track of all the stuff his wive buys for her self, cosmetics, shoes and cloths, most of which is a duplicate of something that is already in the closet. Then, every six months or so, he adds up the figures and buys himself some aviation related stuff for half that amount. Works like a charm! She has no defence for that kind of reasoning :diablo: As to where he puts it, he has one room in his appartment that is out of bounds for his wive´s cleaning, and tidying up frenzy :diablo: and she has no say as to what goes in there on the grounds that she does not have to clean it up! 😀 😀

Ok, I´m going to stick my neck out on this one 😮

My candidate would be Wing Commander Frank Carey. At least the man in the picture has his ´look´, but then again, maybe I´m wrong 😮 It has happened before 😀 😀

At the top of this webpage is a ´not-so-good´ picture of the man, but no information about when the picture was taken, or where.

Here is another picture of him, again, without any information about when the picture was taken, or where.

You will notice, that in both articles, there is no mention of him flying anything after 1942, let alone a Typhoon or a Tempest. But here comes the big punch. In the book Hawker Tempest And Sea Fury by Robert Jackson, on page 86, is a picture of what I consider to be ´your man´ sitting in the cockpit of a Tempest F2. The photo caption says: “Wing Commander Frank Carey, renowned fighter leader and wartime ace with at least 28 victories, pictured in the cockpit of a Tempest F2 when he was Wing-Commander (Flying) at Gutersloh…………….”. Also, in both the articles, he finished the war as a Group Captian, but they say that he received a Permanent Commision in the Air Force on return home. Usually a Permanent Commision after the war, meant a drop in rank of at least one grade. So for him to be Wing Commander (Flying) in late 1945/46 would not be out of the question.

Now, some of the more knowledgeble men on here have identified the aircraft in the picture as a Typhoon. I won´t argue with that! Is it possible that this picture was taken during his conversion onto type? If you read the Big Show by Pierre Clostermann, it is clear that Typhoons were, at least during the war, used to convert pilots onto the Tempest.

Like I said before, I´ve been known to have been wrong before 😀 So if I´m proven wrong, sorry for wasting everybodies time! 😮 😀 😀