TIL that World War II Spitfires only had about 20 seconds of 'gun time' before running out of ammo, making most movie depictions wildly inaccurate flightjournal.com Submitted by TimmyIsBaller t3_10lwt2v on January 26, 2023 at 5:07 PM in todayilearned 89 comments 526
RandomBilly91 t1_j5zkyuw wrote on January 26, 2023 at 5:44 PM Depends on the versions. It could be a lot higher with lower caliber weapons, but they were overall quite ineffective. A spifire mk XXIV ( last version), had around 800 shells, with a total fire rate of 2800 rounds/min Permalink 2
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