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    Long range, high speed Spitfire fighter: the best approach?

    I've sometimes wondered why the Hispano V wasn't produced earlier. The measures used to increase the rate of fire (shorter barrel; lighter bolt) were all well-understood pre-war and could easily have been introduced in 1940. You could fit 2 of these to a Spitfire and remove the Hispano II's...
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