Electrically fired ammunition for MG151,operation?

[Ruy Horta]

Originally Posted by Tony Williams

I don't know why the Japanese had the electric one as the Ki 61 guns weren't synchronised.

PS I should add that although the German MG 131 was electric primed, the Japanese version of it - the Navy 13mm Type 2 - used percussion priming.

IIRC the main reason was that Japanese equipment had to operate under generally humid / tropical conditions and they couldn't solve the problems that arose from that. Percussion priming didn't pose any difficulties.