That is some firepower, but I wonder if they could fire them separately, and
why they would have both sizes of weapon. The .303 (?) machine gun was soon
judged less effective air-to-air than the 20mm cannon, and it would certainly
not have been much use for air-to-ground, unless they wanted higher rpm for
strafing soft targets in convoys, for instance.
Chris
> On 25 Jul 2018, at 01:47, Martin Walters <mwalters1440@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> The fighter bomber version came with 4x machine guns and 4x 20mm cannon in
> the nose. There was also a photo reconnaissance version used by both Brit and
> US forces (reverse lease-lend).
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