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.