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Old October 9th 17, 10:18 PM posted to rec.aviation.military.naval
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Default Why .50 cal machine guns in USA WW2 Fighters?

Go tell the Russians and the hundreds of Nazis they shot down that the P39 wasn't an effective fighter. Just because the US and UK didn't want to figure out how to make it work didn't mean it wasn't a good airplane.