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Subject: WW2 Brit warplane guns
Jerry W. Loper    4/5/2005 4:51:57 PM
During World War II, did the RAF equip any of its own major combat aircraft with .50-caliber machine guns? (I'm not including Lend-lease American built planes like Curtiss Kittyhawks or whatever.)
 
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displacedjim    RE:WW2 Brit warplane guns   4/5/2005 5:32:39 PM
I think I remember a later Mark of the Spitfire with 2 x .50cal and 2x 20mm. Displacedjim
 
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AussieEngineer    RE:WW2 Brit warplane guns   4/5/2005 9:06:28 PM
Also latter lancaster replaced the 303 turrets with twin 50s.
 
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svaba    RE:WW2 Brit warplane guns   5/19/2005 1:01:01 PM
Spitfire had good weapons 4x50cal 2x20mm I think that's all that is needed.
 
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Yimmy    RE:WW2 Brit warplane guns   5/19/2005 1:16:53 PM
I don't think any Spitfires had 4 x .50's and 2 x 20mm's, they had either 8 x .303's, or 4 x .303's and 2 x 20mm's, or 2 x 50's and 2 x 20mm's, or finally 4 x 20mm's.
 
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svaba    RE:WW2 Brit warplane guns   5/20/2005 7:00:08 AM
No you're right I screwd up I ment 4x20 mm's LOL:(
 
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fitz    RE:WW2 Brit warplane guns   6/1/2005 9:43:10 PM
The Spitfire Mk 9 and some other marks had two Browning .50 in addition tow the pair of 20mm cannon. The 0.50 Browning was also found in the nose and tail turrets of the Lincoln bomber which replaced the Lancaster immediately post-war.
 
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