weight of a .50-caliber round?

When a WWII aircraft fired off a fifty-caliber bullet from a Browning
M-2 mg, how much weight did it shed?

(That would of course include the weight of the powder and shell and
the links if any.)

Thanks!


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"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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When a WWII aircraft fired off a fifty-caliber bullet from a Browning
M-2 mg, how much weight did it shed?

(That would of course include the weight of the powder and shell and
the links if any.)

Thanks!

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 as weight and balance was fairly critical. Especially the F-80, where
if I think I remember the CG was supposed to lie in a range of nine-tenths
of an inch from a point on the mean aerodynamic chord. (Cannot recall now if
that was + or -, or total range)
Old Chief Lynn

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"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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When a WWII aircraft fired off a fifty-caliber bullet from a Browning
M-2 mg, how much weight did it shed?

The weights of all WW2 aircraft gun rounds are in this article
evaluating armament effectiveness:
http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk/WW2guneffect.htm

The links would add a small percentage.

Tony Williams
Military gun and ammunition website: http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk
Discussion forum at: http://forums.delphiforums.com/autogun/messages/

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
email: www.danford.net/letters.htm#9

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Cub Driver writes:

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


According to the Weight & Balance statements from the A&AEE report on
the Mustang I, 100 rds of .50 cal, with links, is 25#.
A Corsair carried somehting like 2350 rds of .50 cal, so the
disposable weight from that would be 587.5#. Call it 590#.

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