Erich
the old Sage
proof is that both the Lanc and B-17 were shot down at night and they were not that hard of a victim to bring down.
the German ammo was superior to anything as the relatiosnhip to cannon arms. with an RD-X component the Minengeschoss was the destructive round in the air war. simple but very much effective.
the night fighters in the Bf 110G and Ju 88G did not use it because of the destructive properties in the Schräge Musik installation but a mild form of tracer, and HE which eaisly brough down all 4 enigne bombers. Because an Allied bomber could be determined by the blip on the radar screen as well as visual the crews did not have to get in that close to have the 2cm weapons take effect on the rear gunner and inboard engines. Will say that manay night fighter crews could not properly ID their RAF victims at night as it was happeneing all too fast and of course on a moonless night you could barely tell a shape, so the log-buchs make reference only to a 4-engine bomber
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the German ammo was superior to anything as the relatiosnhip to cannon arms. with an RD-X component the Minengeschoss was the destructive round in the air war. simple but very much effective.
the night fighters in the Bf 110G and Ju 88G did not use it because of the destructive properties in the Schräge Musik installation but a mild form of tracer, and HE which eaisly brough down all 4 enigne bombers. Because an Allied bomber could be determined by the blip on the radar screen as well as visual the crews did not have to get in that close to have the 2cm weapons take effect on the rear gunner and inboard engines. Will say that manay night fighter crews could not properly ID their RAF victims at night as it was happeneing all too fast and of course on a moonless night you could barely tell a shape, so the log-buchs make reference only to a 4-engine bomber
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