Comments by "bakters" (@bakters) on "Royal Armouries" channel.

" 6x .50 cal machine guns was the better armament for the time " Even if it was better, it was much heavier setup, and it would never fit in a Spit. Regardless, it wasn't a better setup. The Brits both considered and even did extensive tests on .50 cals before the war. It turned out that while they did hit a bit harder, the effectiveness was largely reduced if the rounds tumbled while passing through the outer skin of the plane. They decided that fifties weren't worth it. For the same weight, you could do just about as well with a bunch of thirties, and for the long run they knew right away they will need cannons. As it turned out, they were correct.
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@SmedleyDouwright " Didn't the RAF put .50 cals in late war Spitfires? " Yes, but it was basically because it was better to have two fifties than two thirties as the MGs. Technically the Spit used to have two thirties in each wing (and a hispano), but the outboard .30 cals weren't really worth it. They hardly ever hit and they had a disproportional impact on performance, so at least some aces were ford of removing those outboard emgees. One inboard fifty was surely better than a spread out pair, so that was the decision, as far as I understand it. BTW - One of the guys known for removing the outboard MGs was Jan Zumbach. His Spit with a characteristic Donald Duck nose art is pictured everywhere. You've seen it many times for sure. So it's likely that this Spit had the outboard MGs removed. BTW - I'm curious if the grandpa of the OP ever met Jan Zumbach.
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@Robot_kitty_54_gaming That generation seemed to be really modest. Now we know who they were and what they achieved, but it's too late to ask how they did it. All we can do is honor their memory, and it is fitting, since "Halloween" is coming, which in Poland has very different meaning than in the States. It's a calm, cathartic thing. We visit the graves of our ancestors and light candles for them. Looks absolutely beautiful after dark.
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@samholdsworth420 " what's a bra " I've been told today that "everything is an opinion", so I guess it's gotta be one of those...?
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@samholdsworth420 " I could be wrong " Yes, that's still allowed. Being correct is kinda sus, though.
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Mee too. I feel like a teen finally seeing the contents of a bra.
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Re: German being the least romantic of all languages. Goethe wrote in German, and he's pretty close to being the "founding father" of romanticism. Them 'merkins, always proud to know nothing. ;-)
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