Why the Breda-Safat is the way it is!

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Originally Posted by 4./JG53_Task

I don't know the validity of this guncam footage (Video: Macchi.202 shooting a P-40). I've read/heard, though, that when Italian pilots were getting hits on another plane, it was clear that they were causing a lot of damage.

This video clip has been used quite frequently to validate the effectiveness of the BREDA. It's true there are a lot of hits and a lot of smoke, but I really don't see much damage to be honest. The P-40 doesn't really look crippled to me, even after getting hit many times.