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Title: 109 E-4 ammo loadout
Post by: Erlkonig on March 13, 2002, 11:23:19 PM

All the secondary sources I've seen have indicated that the E4 had 1000rpg for the MG 17s. In AH it has 500rpg. Can anyone set the record straight?

Title: 109 E-4 ammo loadout
Post by: Tony Williams on March 14, 2002, 01:16:14 AM

1000 is correct. The supply dropped to 500 rpg when an engine-mounted cannon was fitted.

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Title: 109 E-4 ammo loadout
Post by: Soviet on March 14, 2002, 11:20:13 PM

punt

Title: 109 E-4 ammo loadout
Post by: Karnak on March 14, 2002, 11:53:02 PM

I hope this is in tommorrows patch.

Title: 109 E-4 ammo loadout
Post by: Citabria on March 15, 2002, 02:56:51 AM

what karnak?

the 1000 rounds of 7.9 or the engine mounted cannon? :)

Title: 109 E-4 ammo loadout
Post by: Wilbus on March 15, 2002, 05:47:05 AM

Would be cool to see the engine mounted Cannon aswell, was fitted as an extra loudout to some of the E's.

Title: 109 E-4 ammo loadout
Post by: Eagler on March 15, 2002, 08:31:50 AM

was it too early for gonds?

Title: 109 E-4 ammo loadout
Post by: Wilbus on March 15, 2002, 09:33:39 AM

Yup, gondolas didn't exist untill later, if I am not misstaking the F versions were the first ones to use Gondolas, and those gondolas used, as AH does, MG151's. The cannon armament in the E version consisted only of MG FF's.

Title: 109 E-4 ammo loadout
Post by: Raubvogel on March 15, 2002, 11:39:27 AM

The engine mounted cannon was removed in the field the majority of the time. Vibration problems.

Title: 109 E-4 ammo loadout
Post by: Wilbus on March 15, 2002, 01:01:05 PM

Cc raub, which AH doesn't suffer from ;)

True though, many tries were made with engine mounted MG FF for the E version, didn't really succeed untill the F versions.