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Old 9th February 2021, 14:47
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1940: Minengeschoss and MG FF/M cannon (Me 109 and 110)

Hello,

Does someone know more or less exactly WHEN the "Minengeschoss" for 20 mm MG FF/M cannon was introduced?

I think it was a few weeks after the start of the BoB. Who knows more?

Was Minengeschoss-ammo used by Me 109 Fs (Friedrich) from 1941 on?

(The MG FF/M was specially designed to fire Minengeschoss-ammunition. It could not fire the preceding ammo for the previous (standard) MG FF.)

"Minengeschoss" : Geschoss means projectile, missile fired by a gun. "Minen" means that they reduced the quantity of steel in the hull of the 20 mm shell and filled in more explosive, making the whole more destructive.

Thanks in advance.
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