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Offline pipz

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Re: Spitfire wing
« Reply #15 on: January 05, 2013, 10:40:59 AM »
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Offline Kenne

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Re: Spitfire wing
« Reply #16 on: January 07, 2013, 08:06:31 PM »
when you say 'wing' do you mean left or right, or left AND right. because in the brit list
A wing B wing etc, ment only one side. like the A wing is 4 303s.

and isnt our spitV a 'C' wing. one 20 and 2 303s?


No, that would be the "a" wing.  He is asking for the wing that could take eight .303s, two 20mm and four .303s or four 20mm.  We have the wrong version of the Spitfire Mk V for that though.
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Offline Karnak

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Re: Spitfire wing
« Reply #17 on: January 07, 2013, 08:36:21 PM »
when you say 'wing' do you mean left or right, or left AND right. because in the brit list
A wing B wing etc, ment only one side. like the A wing is 4 303s.

and isnt our spitV a 'C' wing. one 20 and 2 303s?



"a" wing is eight .303s.

"b" wing is two 20mm Hispano Mk Is with 60 rounds each and four .303s, later two 20mm Hispano Mk IIs with 120 rounds each and four .303s.

"c" wing is modular with the ability to take eight .303s or two 20mm Hispano Mk IIs with 120 rounds each and four .303s or four 20mm Hispano Mk IIs with 120 rounds each.

In actual use the "c" wing meant two 20mm Hispano Mk IIs with 120 rounds each and four .303s or just the two 20mm cannons.  One squadron that did dedicated ground attack in Italy used four 20mm cannons and one individual Spitfire Mk VIII in the South Pacific used four 20mm cannons against Ki-46s.
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Offline Guppy35

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Re: Spitfire wing
« Reply #18 on: January 07, 2013, 08:37:13 PM »
when you say 'wing' do you mean left or right, or left AND right. because in the brit list
A wing B wing etc, ment only one side. like the A wing is 4 303s.

and isnt our spitV a 'C' wing. one 20 and 2 303s?



A Wing was the 8 303s
B Wing was the early 2 20mm cannon and 4 303s.  It had drum fed 20mm with only 60 rounds for each 20mm
C Wing was the Universal Wing as it in theory could hold 8 303, 2 20mm and 4 303 or 4 20mm.  Before someone gets worked up, the 4 20mm set up was rarely used and not in the ETO due to gun heating issues.  2 20mm and 4 303 was the standard C Wing set up.

Later the E wing was introduced that had a 20mm cannon in the outboard gun bay and a 50 Cal. in the inboard bay.

The AH Spit V is a B wing Spit with 60 rounds per gun for the 20mm

The earlier AH Spit V had the armament of the C wing, but was modeled to look like a B wing Spit V so it had 120 rounds per 20mm.

The Spit IX, VIII and Seafire II have C Wings, while the Spitfire XVI and XIV have E Wings.
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