Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon
Its actually taken from Rolf Pingel's RAF intelligence report after he was downed in a BF109F over England.
He stated he liked the single nose 2cm weapon, though it fired high, and the report then claims the weapon can be cleared of jams in the cockpit by the pilot whilst in combat?
Possibly the Intelligence officer assumed the 151 could be cleared as the breach enters the cockpit area. Remembering the very much "hands on" approach with WW1 aircraft offensive weapons.
Regards
Jon
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Hmm, from what little I know:
"Most German aircraft had electrically operated (fired) armament, which made selection of different weapons configurations and counting of ammunition easy. Some of the planes also had a mechanism to pneumatically reload guns when the trigger was released if the last shell was not fired. This made it possible to unjam the guns just by pressing the trigger repeatedly."
(The quote is from:
Bf 109 myths )
Of course this did not always unjam the weapon, but at least it gave the pilot a chance.