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Old July 26th, 2002, 11:16 AM
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'Experten' help wanted !

I cannot find any concise information about German aircraft cannon. Sitting in front of me are three different shells : -

-20mm,brass parallel-sided case 1940-dated ( 'Battle of Britain' type )
-20mm, steel necked-case, 1944-dated
-30mm steel case, 1944-dated ( already discussed under 'Militaria' thread ).

And then there was a machinegun with larger calibre than 7.92, I think ??

Can anyone tell me about the guns, differences, usage etc ? I can find plenty about RAF aircraft weapons, but not Luftwaffe...

( I am NOT talking about the much larger, Oerlikon-type Flak 2cm ).



[ 26 July 2002, 05:21 AM: Message edited by: Martin Bull ]
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