Poll. Settings for 12..13mm guns

For those who don't know this site:

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/8217/fgun/fgun-ar.html

Take a look in tables comparition.

 

His data is incorrect, he has the M2 .50 Browning listed as weighting 29kg when in fact it weights 38kg, with a max effective range of over 2000m and a total range of 6.8km. The RPM is 550 not 750-850 as his website states; though it can easily be made to fire at higher RPM.

If you enjoy this weapon system, read what it did to railcars and other harder targets during those days, and you can also reference a lot of good material about what it has done with the past few years (same weapon only the barrel has changed). Punctured BMPs, chopped apart walls, etc. Google away, and remember to check your head-space and timing.

 

Interesting:

"In Conclusion, while it is admitted that some elements of the calculations ? especially concerning the relative weighting given to kinetic and chemical damage ? are open to criticism, in practical terms the results stand up quite well. Changing the method of calculation affects some scores but has surprisingly little effect on the overall 'order of merit' of the destructiveness rankings. Where it does have an effect, it is generally to boost the scores of high-capacity HE shells while reducing those of lower-velocity AP cannon shells, which is validated by the Luftwaffe's decision to focus on chemical rather than kinetic energy in developing their aircraft weapons.

To return to the obviously controversial question of the relatively poor performance of the .50 Browning: as has already been stated in this study, "the preferred US armament fit [of six or eight .50 HMGs] was effective for its purpose, but not very efficient by comparison with cannon". It is worth pointing out that for as long as the battery of .50s proved adequate against the targets usually encountered, there were strong arguments in favour of retaining the weapon, as the standardisation of production, supply, maintenance and training provided great logistic benefits by comparison with the plethora of different weapons fielded by the Germans and Japanese in particular. Of course, the USA did make some use of the 20mm Hispano cannon, but this was severely limited by production problems: that is another story, told elsewhere on this website!"
taken from: http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk/WW2guneffect.htm

 

a good read

 

Much allied fighter effort was either escort or tac air.
The escort tactic was to disrupt enemy air formations before they attacked. This did not require hard hitting gunnery as all fighters were lightly built with some notable exceptions.
Effective bomber interception gunnery required different batteries and loads than did effective bomber escort gunnery [I bet ya couldn't say that drunk].

 

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