Originally Posted by
Rory57
As regards other turret fighters, the Me410 had remotely steerable side "turrets", presumably as a more flexible implementation of the schrage-music armament.
The remotely controlled turrets on the Me 310 and 410 seem to have been rearward firing, under the control of the rear gunner, and so presumably defensive. The 410 does not seem to have been used as a night fighter, which is, I think, where Schraege Muzik was mostly used.
Offensive armament in a turret seems to be almost exclusively a British idea, though I think in the 1940s the US experimented with steerable nose guns?