Two concept designs

[mohr]

Okay so I got two concept designs that are mainly obtained from other members ideas. Please post what you think; if they are practical, imbalanced, exploitable, or just stupid.

1) Concept is a combination of an alternative to bombers and the idea of a "space tank" or flying gun. It would be a VHF or Super Heavy Fighter. More manuverable than a bomber. For armaments it would just have a Gunboats forward cannon (fixed to face straight forward) and 2-3 other guns; 8-9 if standard, 4 if turrets. The main issue that may pose a problem to this concept is the power supply, which would need to be very large to support the forward gun; about 1/2 of a gunships. What do you think?

2) This concept is for a gunship or small cruiser sized ship that would have a weaker than average armament except for the fact that it has a number of more powerfull guns that are stuck faceing directly right or left of the ship. This idea is derived from some suggestions for side launching torpedoes I believe. Anyways, the main issue here; is this even practical? Will aiming by getting sideways to your target going to be too frustrating to even try to implement? What do you think?

Thanks for your time and your posts are apreciated.

Mohr

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