06.04.2009, 20:09
Muas Wrote:=BY=RUDY Wrote:Motor MGFF in E3 had 60 rds, not 200!My source says it had 200 rounds when mounted in airscrew; when mounted on wings they could only bear 60 rounds.
And MGFF in E3 was not able to fire Minengeschoss round!
What's Minengeschoss?
MGFF used drum magazines (60rds). Didn't matter where you mounted the gun. Part of the troubles I've read about MGFF motorkanone installation was that gun overheating caused the drum feed to jam.
The MG151 was belt fed and for the 15mm in F-2 motorkanone there was a 200rd box. When increased to 20mm in F-4 there was a 150rd box.
@sturmbock, thanks for the info on MGFF motorkanone. The author Tony Williams at his gun website and database told me however he challenges any assertion the MGFF had anything but a vey light recoil, not sure if this relates to "vibration problems." iirc sources I read cited overheating as the main issue, whilst recoil was an issue mounted in the wings, not because of a heavy recoil but a light wing structure not originally designed to mount weapons. Maybe not relevent.