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Marcel
Thanks alot. Very interesting. Even if I have a basic knowledge of development of D.XXI, I wonder why, and its use by Dutch AF in 39-40 those messages on deliveries and technical problems were very interesting and the info was new to me.
Juha
FR-76 had two 20 mm Oerlikon cannons, but experiences in the Winter War were negative and the aircraft was re-equipped with machine guns.
One question I have is the Dutch had at least one fitted with 2 x 20mm Madsen guns and 2 x LMG. What I don't know is what impact that had on its performance, does anyone have the information?
Thanks Juha, there's much confusion about the installation of MG's on the D.XXI. Some sources claim that all FAF D.XXI's had MG's in the wings, which is clearly wrong as you show. Others claim that Danish AF D.XXI's had 2 Madson canons beneath each wing, which I believe is also incorrect as it was used on only 1 example AFAIK.Quote:" Many sources claim that the D.XXI carried 2 MG's in the nose and 2 in the wing. This is wrong. Please look at the picture below. You can clearly see 2 MG's protruding from the leading edge of each wings. In fact all MG's were installed in the wings"
Maybe reason is that Mercury engine D.XXIs of FAF had 2 MG's in the nose and 2 in the wing. Finnish sources mentioned that Dutch D.XXIs had all 4 mgs in wings.