Where is the 20mm F6F version?

[juzz]

Also the first cannon armed Spitfires had the guns mounted sideways in the thin wing - the Hispano was designed to be mounted upright on an engine block, no small wonder they weren't reliable. They soon changed the wing mounting to upright I think.

[Fishu]

Yup.. americans are all mighty and fixed it with some lubricant..  

Naa.. from all sources I've seen it, they had less reliable hispano version than brits.
and already brits had poor reliability on hispano in the early stage.
Mk.I.. terrible.. Mk.II.. bit better...

[Pongo]

Excessiver lubrication of the ammo or gun would be an acceptable solution on clean strips in the pacific heat. or from a carrier where dust is not a real issue. But on a jungle strip or in colder climes or high alt it would be a nightmare. It would make the gun far less reliable. That is why it would not be acceptable to the british and why the USAAF would probably be very negative about it.
A belt of ammo that was heavily lubricated and taken to 25000 feet over germany in feburary would be a solid block of junk.
Probably a problem with the tail gun on the B29 as well.

Im going to read up on the P61..see what they did there. I bet the ammo bay was heated.


[This message has been edited by Pongo (edited 12-29-2000).]