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Old 3rd Mar 2018, 15:07
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Originally Posted by typerated
I think this is the wrong way round:

Rather than the USAAF to cannon, the RAF should have gone for 0.50 cal.

We all know the 0.303 is too light and 20mm too slow and low rate of fire for A2A.
Carrying both didn't make up for the deficiencies of the other!
Well, they won so something went right....

the Move to 20mm Hispano and ultimately 4x of such...
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