You have a way with words Swiss.

..and therefore it's a bad idea not to down it. ;)

Here iss 1-- 20mm shot at an Oil Drum
 

Glacier Girl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p8h43TRXwk

Good links.

This small pic caught my eye. The parts of a bomber vulnerable to rifle calibre machine gun according to a French study:

http://users.telenet.be/Emmanuel.Gustin/fgun/advcan.jpg

ha, notice the entire cockpit section is blacked out... not really vulnerability to the 'bomber' but more the 'inhabitants' :rolleyes:

Sorry to dig up an old thread but this is very interesting- does anyone have any pics of the Do17z, Ju88 etc?

Also perhaps nice for a change to realize one of the truly cool features and capabilities of this simulator...

S!

As comparison the Finnish Fokker D.XXI pilots quickly noted that the .303cal guns were not enough to reliably kill a well armored bomber nor a fighter with good armor plate behind pilot. For example in many occasions the I-16 had been peppered by all 4 x .303cal but the plane puttered on as the rear armor behind pilot stopped the bullets. Same applied to Soviet bombers like DB-3 that had tough armoring in the fuselage, pilots had to aim very carefully to kill the engines so the plane fell. Fokker D.XXI had 2200rds of ammo and many times most of it was used. So you can imagine the joy when Brewsters with 4 x .50cal came and shredded the opposition compared to Fokkers. Bf109G-2 and G-6 later on brought the cannon into play and pilots all stated that the 20mm was more than enough to kill a fighter easily and bombers with short bursts.

Just adding some thoughts :)