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Re: SG2, a little help with some weapon statistics

From: John Leary <john_t_leary@p...>
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 07:34:47 -0800
Subject: Re: SG2, a little help with some weapon statistics

Brian Bilderback wrote:
> 
> As a matter of fact, didn't the U.S. Military use a .75 cal. HMG
during
> WWII, as a mount for some vehicles?
> 
> Brian B
> 

Brian,
     At one point the AAF did experiment with the .60 caliber 
(roughly 15MM) HMG.   A trio of these was mounted in the nose
of a P-38 for trials, the project was abandoned because the 
weapon did not provide a sufficiently great advantage over
the .50 cal HMG.

Bye for now,
John L.


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