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Re: Was the hand held single .50 effective? and more
There was a USAF study of flexible gunnery that found a hit rate in training of about 3% of rounds. I don't have the details of the study but it involved special rounds hitting an armor plated fighter.
Among the problems was the "wagging" of the barrel as the weapon was fired making precise aim at long ranges impossible.
So, it was really a question of massed defensive fire to just get enough rounds in the general location of an attacker.
The B-17G had a rather ungainly chin turret added to replace a single 50 with a twin 50 turret for whatever that observation is worth.
Steve
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