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Old March 10th 04, 08:56 AM
Tony Williams
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"zxcv" wrote in message ...

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?


Generally speaking, where the planes were equipped with homogenous
armament (e.g. eight .303s or six .50s) they all fired together,
without the option. Where a plane had mixed armament (e.g. cannon and
MGs) it was possible to fire them separately or together.

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Old March 10th 04, 11:36 AM
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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

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Old March 10th 04, 11:52 AM
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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?


Yes, certainly. You had selector switches.

Because of their limited number of cannon rounds, Japanese Zero pilots
used their rifle-caliber mgs as sighting weapons.

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