Tail guuner

[Twitch]

Look at the thread about anti-tank armor penetration and you'll see it's the same. Thirty caliber ball ammo hitting plate any almost any angle other that 90 degrees will bounce off! And any appreciable armor thickness will flatten even a straight on hit. The same logic in that thread concerning anti tank projectiles and armor works for planes too!! Think about it.

 

[syscom3]

You cant armour everything on a plane and expect it to fly.

 

[Twitch]

Hey you can have thirties if you want to. In leiu of 20 mms I'll take fifty cals loaded with API period.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

At night, you almost have to get in close to your target to be able to aim effectively, so the .303's would still be dangerous

bit of a change of tune from you

and yes les is pretty much right as to why we liked the .303 so much... baisically we were shitting out the .303 round like there's no tomorrow, so they figured we might as well keep using the .303, plus the RAF didn't like the idea of a middle calibre weapon too much, it's either small with large rate of fire (.303) or large and capable of more damage, the 20mm..............