In article , zxcv
writes
"Emmanuel Gustin" wrote in message
...
"pendell" wrote in message
om...



SNIP of Emmanuel's usual good stuff


What about planes with multiple fixed guns that had different amounts of
ammunition/fire time -- did the pilot have a selector to determine which
guns would fire or did everything fire when the trigger was pulled and some
guns would run out first?


In RAF aircraft, nearly all fighters had either two gun buttons (e.g.
Mosquito FB for its 4 Brownings and 4 20mm cannon) or, (as in the case
of the Spit MkV - 4 Brownings and 2 20mm cannon) a button that 'rocked'
- one set of guns when the top was pressed, another set of guns when the
bottom was pressed, and all guns when the middle was pressed. To my
knowledge, only the Beaufighter MkI fired a mixture of guns with just
one button.

Cheers,

Dave

--
Dave Eadsforth