PompeySailor
Thanks for that. Very interesting.
Can I assume that our military experts in the MOD agreed that a cannon was not essential for a ground attack aircraft and therefore did not consider an alternative gun. I suppose they were able to produce some statistics that showed that cannons have been a complete waste of time in the history of air warfare. Maybe they still had their “only need a missile that can hit a target 100 miles away” head on.