Originally posted by Pyro:
Ammo selection is not just based on what's the most effective. Supply is the overriding factor, this in turn being influenced by things like cost and manufacturing capability. When I go shooting, I mostly fire low quality FMJ rounds and for good reason.
Since some people are getting whacked out over ammo types, let me reiterate what I said above. We'll probably only model different individual rounds for low rof, large caliber weapons. For high RoF weapons, most circumstances involve multiple hits so we just condense the various ammo properties into one set.
Unvariably true, supply determines what gets used. My only point was by the time of the D-Day invasions getting abundence of every round was not a biggie to the allies; and that HE was used with great frequency on non-GA aircraft. The only round that was never wide spread were tungsten cores, I think the ranged anywhere from 2 to 10 times more expensive the hardened steel.
But, I'm guessing the F4U-1C actually was using mostly AP ammunition during it's service. Given these were treated as attack planes, and from the reports on the attack of the bomber on the kamakazi run (Name escapes me at the moment, Emily?) the volume of 20mm hits that landed on it without destroying it suggests that the ammuntion mix was mostly AP, perhaps even totally without HEI or tracer rounds.
- Jig
[This message has been edited by Jigster (edited 08-09-2000).]
