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If you love Jugs, you'll love this video

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http://airpowerstock.moorecastsites.com ... er/P47.wmv

Here is great color WWII footage of P-47's in action!

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Those 50 calibers are amazing. I need a few!!
I remember reading that the German pilots were jealous. They thought the tracers made a not so good marksman a great shot. I guess the cannons on the 109 made it tough to get that lucky shot.
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The Brownings had a higher rate of fire than the 20mm cannon, plus the Jug had 8 of them, so there was some crushing firepower delivered when the Jug lit up. The 20mm was explosive, as was the 30mm. They tested the Mk108 30mm against a hulk Spitfire fuselage, hitting it in the center of the roundel. All that was left was the upper and lower stringers[:0]. Interesting to look at the development of aircraft armament and armor during the war: 8x.303 to 4x20mm or 4x30mm; plain tanks to armored and self sealing; stolen boiler plate to built in crew armor.
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That is a keeper!
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Post by Dane McGee »

Yep, I'm fond of jugs and these are nice ones.[:D]
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