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5th August 2005, 05:29
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Re: What were the weight savings from removing FW 190 outer wing cannons?
"I have read that sometimes, some FW190 pilots had the outer wing cannons of their planes removed to save weight---especially with earlier marks of FW(A2 thru A5), where the outer cannon was the older MG/FF with a very different ballistic performance that the MG150/20 of later FW marks; So...how much weight did this actually save & how much of an improvement did it make in the performance of the FW?"
Sorry I didn't get onto this sooner. The weight of the outboard MG FF/Ms was 135kg (Waffen 98kg plus Ammunition 37kg) (from Rodeike's "FW Jagdflugzeug", page 147). Sorry, no info yet on speed loss, or maneuverability gain. 
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