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Re: A couple of silly LW questions...
Well, Nick, effective is a relative term. So, while the MK 108 shell would be great for blasting apart a bomber at 400m, you wouldn't want to be using it against a fighter because it had a such a low velocity and low cyclical rate. For instance, while it had an initial velocity of 500m/sec, by 400m it was down to ca. 331m/sec, needed a full second to get there, and (as I recall) had dropped 4.16m by the time it got there. So, it would not be a great weapon to use against a maneuvering fighter.
Yes, Lipfert used it to blow apart some IL-2s, but then he was a fantastic air fighter.
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