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
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