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Old March 9th 04, 01:10 AM
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"zxcv" wrote in message ...
It seems to me that the Germans and Japanese had a lot more cannon in their
planes than the Americans who seemed to rely almost totally on .50 machine
guns.

Why was that? What was the rate of fire or the 20mm cannons and what type
of projectiles did they fire?


Question for the group at large ...

.... did it have anything to do with the fact that the Germans were
gunning for B-17s and such, and therefore needed a weapon that had a
low rate of fire and less accuracy but a heavy punch? Whereas the
Americans, whose fighters mostly did escort over europe, needed a
weapon with better accuracy and a higher rof?

Just curious.

Respectfully,

Brian P.