Originally posted by juzz:
Q: Where did that "MG 151 in the cowling" rumour start from anyway?
It's appeared in various textbooks. Where it started I don't know, but I suppose someone made an initial mistake than everyone else copied it....
Incidentally, the only a/c I know which were supposed to have MG 151 cowling guns were the Do 335 and a version of the Ta 152. Merrick's excellent book on German aircraft interiors has a photo of a Ta 152 cowling with the panels off to show the guns, captioned as MG 151s. Trouble is, they had perforated barrel casings, which makes them MG 131s....
Tony Williams
Author: "Rapid Fire: The development of automatic cannon, heavy machine guns and their ammunition for armies, navies and air forces"
Details on my military gun and ammunition website:
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~autogun/index.htm
