weight of a .50-caliber round?

[Cub Driver]

When a WWII aircraft fired off a fifty-caliber bullet from a Browning
M-2 mg, how much weight did it shed?

(That would of course include the weight of the powder and shell and
the links if any.)

Thanks!


all the best -- Dan Ford
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[Lynn Coffelt]

"Cub Driver" > wrote in message
...
>
> When a WWII aircraft fired off a fifty-caliber bullet from a Browning
> M-2 mg, how much weight did it shed?
>
> (That would of course include the weight of the powder and shell and
> the links if any.)
>
> Thanks!

OK, not WWII aircraft, but older jet fighters with guns (and ammo) in the
nose (F-84E, P(or)F-80 for example) retained the links and cases after
firing as weight and balance was fairly critical. Especially the F-80, where
if I think I remember the CG was supposed to lie in a range of nine-tenths
of an inch from a point on the mean aerodynamic chord. (Cannot recall now if
that was + or -, or total range)
Old Chief Lynn

[Tony Williams]

"Lynn Coffelt" > wrote in message news:<ymkPa.24843$GL4.6248@rwcrnsc53>...
> "Cub Driver" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > When a WWII aircraft fired off a fifty-caliber bullet from a Browning
> > M-2 mg, how much weight did it shed?

The weights of all WW2 aircraft gun rounds are in this article
evaluating armament effectiveness:
http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk/WW2guneffect.htm

The links would add a small percentage.

Tony Williams
Military gun and ammunition website: http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk
Discussion forum at: http://forums.delphiforums.com/autogun/messages/

[Cub Driver]

>OK, not WWII aircraft, but older jet fighters with guns (and ammo) in the
>nose (F-84E, P(or)F-80 for example) retained the links and cases after
>firing

It was a prop fighter from WWII. The inquirer wanted to know how much
weight a Corsair lost in the course of emptying its ammunition boxes.

Thanks, everybody who weighed (and who may still weigh) in (as it were
:)

all the best -- Dan Ford
email: www.danford.net/letters.htm#9

see the Warbird's Forum at http://www.danford.net/index.htm
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[Peter Stickney]

In article >,
Cub Driver > writes:
>
>>OK, not WWII aircraft, but older jet fighters with guns (and ammo) in the
>>nose (F-84E, P(or)F-80 for example) retained the links and cases after
>>firing
>
> It was a prop fighter from WWII. The inquirer wanted to know how much
> weight a Corsair lost in the course of emptying its ammunition boxes.
>
> Thanks, everybody who weighed (and who may still weigh) in (as it were
>:)

According to the Weight & Balance statements from the A&AEE report on
the Mustang I, 100 rds of .50 cal, with links, is 25#.
A Corsair carried somehting like 2350 rds of .50 cal, so the
disposable weight from that would be 587.5#. Call it 590#.

--
Pete Stickney
A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many
bad measures. -- Daniel Webster