guns

I was told by an ex-P47 pilot that as the guns were fired electrically they all fired at the same time and that the combined recoil made the plane shudder. He also said that firing all 8 .50s slowed the plane down by 60 MPH. I believe it was he also who said that Hurricanes with the 4 20MMs...

Package guns were the .50s on the fuselage side of B-25s and B-26s. I know that B-25s in the Pacific used them on strafing runs but what about the B-26s over Europe? Were they used at all? I would think that the weight saved by removing them would help. On those medium-altitude missions they...