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Originally Posted by kennethklee
Interestingly, the authors state that muzzle velocity is not critical in gun effectiveness and do not factor this in their comparisons of the major guns.
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Well, even in the German wartime calculations the muzzle velocity appears to be noticeable factor. See the report claimed by George Hopp:
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showpo...3&postcount=62
It might also be one of the main reasons for poor results reported by Huhanantti on canon armed Fokker FR-76 (published in "Tarunhohtoiset Talvisodan Fokkerit" by Karhunen)