That's right, Tincan B17 G. if you read my chart you will see the .5 BMG round was a pretty powerful projectile.

Twin mount very good This of course was remote slaving so the gunner sitting in the nose glazing was comfortable un like those in our Lancasters.

 

 

Note .30 cal "cheek" guns and twin .50 cals RHS Short barrels.

James

German aircraft had very short production runs I'll try to fish some pix out. You also had a far bigger variety of cannon then you had  13 and 15mm guns which were almost cannon.

 

Allies had .303, .30, .5, 20mm and that was it! Go back to my charts and see the enormous variety which the Germans tried.

 

I'll return to this tomorrow.

 

 

 

TC...re11... the RAF used this tactic during the Battle of Britain, as it had the effect of breaking up the bomber formations.

Flash.... Why were guns not fitted in the wings of bombers, so that the pilot could shoot at oncoming fighters. That pic in 12 seems mighty cluttered to me.

Interesting question but in fact many fighters were not fitted with wing cannon or Mgs either. cannon are extremely heavy especially their ammunition, and the simplest ones were drum fed.

The Me 109 had a very narrow wing and wing MG 131s caused a lot of drag. their  favouirite was hub cannon (MK - Motor-Kanone) and twin MG 17s (7.92mm) firing through the prop.

 

If you had prop synchronised guns you needed electric percussion for accurate sychronisation.

 

if you are aiming at oncoming fighters you have to turn, and (see WW2 Bomber "box" defences) you are using a lot of airspace. Better, a traversing gun. At the end of WW2 the Lancaster had twin Hispanos in a dorsal turret. more hitting power than a Battle of Britain Spitfire. Too late

 

 

"Free" mount MG 151/20mm much higher velocity Doirnier Do 17Z


It will be superfluous to describe all the aircraft wich employs this gun, some like the Me-109, Fw-190, Me-110G, Ju-88C, Ju-88G, Ju-87D, Me-210/ Me-410, He-177, FW-200, etc. It enough to say the it became the most used cannon trough the war.

 

Note underneath ejection tube

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