About Tracers/Ammo mix.
The standard RAF loadouts at the start of the BoB. On an 8 x.303 gun aircraft
3 Guns loaded with bog standard .303 ball ammo
2 Guns loaded with Armour piercing
2 Guns loaded with Mk IV Incendiary Tracer (burns on way to target)
1 Gun loaded with Mk VI De Wilde
Or
4 Guns loaded with ball
2 with AP
2 with MK VI, the last 4 rounds were all Mk IV tracer to let the pilot know when the ammo had run out
Unlike the other Air forces of WWII the RAF preferred to load each gun with only one type of ammo.
Last edited by winny; 11-16-2010 at 11:28 PM.
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