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Default 8 guns/ 4 guns Spitfire - don't get it

On 11/07/2020 13:41, charles wrote:

Bader was a bit of a **** really. One cannon shell near the pilot will
disable the aircraft.


Agree if all you have is 8 machine guns, 50 yards is good


300mph = 440 feet per second. 50 yds would be covered in approx 1/3
second. You'd hit the wreckage


Except most of it would also be travelling at 300mph in the same direction.

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