these jets wouldnt fire until they saw the jet closer... many dogfights in Korea were within a mile or two of each other... and the 30mil was the main gun and would be used just as a WWII gun, LEAD THE TARGET!!! and also, i'd take a 30k ho that lasts 1 second over the WWI HO of 30 seconds at 1k
Where do you guys get this 30mm b.s.? Do yourself a favor 321Bar...don't pay attention to what glasses is spouting.
F-86 Armament
* Guns:
6 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns (1,602 rounds in total) * Rockets: variety of rocket launchers; e.g: 2 × Matra rocket pods with 18× SNEB 68 mm rockets each
* Missiles: 2× AIM-9 Sidewinders * Bombs: 5,300 lb (2,400 kg) of payload on four external hardpoints, bombs are usually mounted on outer two pylons as the inner pairs are wet-plumbed pylons for 2 × 200 gallons drop tanks to give the Sabre a useful range. A wide variety of bombs can be carried (max standard loadout being 2 × 1,000 lb bombs plus 2 drop tanks), napalm bomb canisters and can include a tactical nuclear weapon.
P-80 Armament *
Guns: 6 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns (300 rpg) * Rockets: 8 × unguided rockets
* Bombs: 2 × 1,000 lb (454 kg) bombs
MiG15 Armament *
2x NR-23 23mm cannons in lower left fuselage (80 rounds per gun, 160 rounds total) *
1x Nudelman N-37 37 mm cannon in lower right fuselage (40 rounds total) * 2x 100 kg (220 lb) bombs, drop tanks, or unguided rockets on underwing hardpoints.