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Offline bangsbox

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sweet pics of a dmg spit via 20mm hits from a 109
« on: March 13, 2018, 02:03:57 PM »
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Re: sweet pics of a dmg spit via 20mm hits from a 109
« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2018, 02:06:49 PM »
the fragment dmg on the reverse side of spit was shocking to me
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Re: sweet pics of a dmg spit via 20mm hits from a 109
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2018, 01:40:23 PM »
Quote from: bangsbox on March 13, 2018, 02:06:49 PM
the fragment dmg on the reverse side of spit was shocking to me
Yeah, no kidding.  I'm surprised it didn't sever and/or damage the flight controls lines back to the rudder and elevator. In retrospect - those three shells should of severed the tail off.  It must of been a cross-intercept distant shot - meaning the 109 was probably 600-800 yards out when he fired his 20mm cannons (or farther).



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Re: sweet pics of a dmg spit via 20mm hits from a 109
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2018, 12:37:45 AM »
I think it'll buff out.
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Re: sweet pics of a dmg spit via 20mm hits from a 109
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2018, 04:49:46 AM »
Probably a  Minengeschoss from a 20mm FF cannon, by the look of all shrapnel on the far side.
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Re: sweet pics of a dmg spit via 20mm hits from a 109
« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2018, 04:08:30 PM »
If you read the reports you will see that they mention 260 pieces of shrapnel between 5mg and 50 mg traveling around 400 to 600 meters per second!


  Looks about right!




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Re: sweet pics of a dmg spit via 20mm hits from a 109
« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2018, 05:14:31 PM »
Ok - if the report states the round impacts were at near barrel velocity for a MG-FF cannon (used by early 109's),  then it was a glance intercept at fairly close range -- and the Spitfire was moving! So a side-intercept shot then.
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Re: sweet pics of a dmg spit via 20mm hits from a 109
« Reply #7 on: April 01, 2018, 12:54:38 AM »
602 Squadron Spit of F/L Dunlop Urie.  Had an operational career of about an hour.  Never had time to get squadron codes painted on or the guns harmonized as they scrambled on August 18, 1940 and he was shot up by a 109. Urie was wounded as well.  They claimed 6 Stukas however
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Re: sweet pics of a dmg spit via 20mm hits from a 109
« Reply #8 on: April 02, 2018, 04:19:26 PM »
Guppy,

You ever run across anything about testing what happens to steal braid versus rods with ordinance tests? You would think something so important for combat would be chosen after testing for survive ability. Are those early spit cables stainless steel or industrial mild steel braid? That panel hanging down along with the slightly ruptured skin panel is probably why the pressure blast waves didn't do more damage to the overall structural integrity while projecting the shrapnel. Remember back to that film of a 30mm against a spitfire wing and how the blast rolled up the skin? There was no place else for the blast wave to go in that tiny enclosed wing space.
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Re: sweet pics of a dmg spit via 20mm hits from a 109
« Reply #9 on: April 03, 2018, 03:00:48 PM »
Did early model Spitfires use stressed aluminum skin?
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Re: sweet pics of a dmg spit via 20mm hits from a 109
« Reply #10 on: April 03, 2018, 06:52:25 PM »
Posted these long time ago.  Spit was tougher than they give it credit for :)

























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Re: sweet pics of a dmg spit via 20mm hits from a 109
« Reply #11 on: April 05, 2018, 07:15:18 AM »
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Photos says wasn't shot down. ;)
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Re: sweet pics of a dmg spit via 20mm hits from a 109
« Reply #12 on: April 05, 2018, 02:35:46 PM »
Quote from: Mister Fork on March 20, 2018, 05:14:31 PM
Ok - if the report states the round impacts were at near barrel velocity for a MG-FF cannon (used by early 109's),  then it was a glance intercept at fairly close range -- and the Spitfire was moving! So a side-intercept shot then.


  I believe the velocities stated for the shrapnel are after the explosion and not related to the MV.



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