At the front edge of the wings, inside the wings
browning machine guns
Early Spitfires had 8 machine guns. Later models had 4 20mm cannon.
Early Spitfires had 8 x 303 machine guns. Later models had 4 x 20mm cannon.
Early Spitfires had 8 machine guns, later models had 4 x 20mm cannon.
.303 caliber machine guns mounted in the wings. Later models replaced those with 20mm Hispano-Suiza cannons.
The Spitfire had 8 Browning Machine guns each with a 300 round magazine firing just about 1200 rpm. Full on guns a blazing would give it about 15 seconds of fire...give or take a second or two.
The Spitfire did not carry bombs, only guns
A Supermarine Spitfire can fire its guns for approximately 10 to 15 seconds of continuous fire before running out of ammunition, depending on the model and the type of guns installed. The Spitfire typically carried eight .303 Browning machine guns, with a total ammunition load of around 1,200 rounds. Pilots would often fire in short bursts to conserve ammunition and maintain accuracy during combat.
In world war 1 the planes were in no way effective, only to be used as biplanes and such, not like the spitfire in world war 2 which played a big part in it.Therefore machine guns were much more developed than airplanes.
Most early Spitfires were armed with the machine guns, which fired the .303 bullet. Some models had two cannon, one mounted in each wing.
The spitfire mk1a had 350 rounds for each of its 8 guns. This is about 35 seconds of fire
Browning .303