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Originally Posted by Nick Beale
By his logic an aircraft could be improved by reducing the number of guns but keeping the same load of ammunition.
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IMHO that depends on the number of guns and their calibre. I imagine many P-47 pilots would have been happier with just six .5 inch guns, instead of eight, but with a bit more ammunition to feed them. Six were just as deadly. I seem to remember that some pilots actually switched off one pair of guns to conserve firepower for later.
Back to BoB books, how about the recently released "Battle for the Channel: The First Month of the Battle of Britain 10 July - 10 August 1940" by Brian Cull?