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Old 8th September 2008, 14:48
Harri Pihl Harri Pihl is offline
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Re: About WW2 fighter aircraft firing power

Rob,
The point here is the relation between muzzle velocity and hitting probability regardless the Janacek's invention being bought or not. We do know that allies stayed on relatively high velocity weapons, say HS 404 and M53, because their air targets were generally small and agile fast moving fighters while the axis went towards higher caliber low velocity weapons, say MK 108 and rockets, because the main threat was the slow and large bombers.
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