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In early airplanes, the wings were not strong enough to mount machine guns well out on the wings. When mounting a machinegun on the fuselage, the propellor was in the way of the gun firing (you could shoot your own propellor off!) The finally found a way to link the propellor to the machinegun, so that when the propellor was at a location where the gun would hit it, the gun did not fire. Would be embarassing to shoot yourself down.
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Where are the machine guns located on a spitfire?
At the front edge of the wings, inside the wings
What weapons does a Spitfire have?
.303 caliber machine guns mounted in the wings. Later models replaced those with 20mm Hispano-Suiza cannons.
What ordnance used on me109g German aircraft?
The Bf-109G came with various armaments. The early models came with a pair of 7.92mm machine guns firing over the engine as well as a pair of 20mm cannons in the wing and a 30mm cannon firing through the propellor hub. The later models had the 7.62mm machine guns replaced with MG-131 13mm machine guns, roughly equivalent to the US Browning M2HB .50 caliber machine guns. The 20mm cannons were often deleted as they tended to jam during tight manuvers.
What actions did families take to protect themselves?
they grew wings and had machine guns and kicked makka pakka in the face and killed hitler
Will Gatling guns be able to beat machine guns?
No. Machine guns will beat Gatling guns.
What were machine guns called back then?
Machine guns.
What technical advancement in aviation was used for the first time in World War 1?
guns firing through propellor
What problem did World War 1 airplanes have with putting on machine guns?
Shooting their prop off.
Are machine guns better than Gatling guns or Gatling guns better than machine guns?
Yes, machine guns are better than Gatling guns because they fire more bullets faster than Gatling guns. Gatling guns need to have bullets and have to be hand cranked at the same time but machine guns does not need to be hand cranked. Machine guns only need bullets.
Did they have machine guns in the 1940s?
Yes, machine guns were used in WW2.
Were there machine guns in world war 1?
Yes. There were machine guns in WW1. There were Gatlin Guns, a type of machine gun, in the Civil War.Yes
How did machine guns cause wars?
Machine guns didn't cause wars.
