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
sixty6006 t1_j62oc6o wrote on January 27, 2023 at 7:31 AM I found a trail of 20mm shells and links in a forest once when I was metal detecting. Fired from a spitfire while shooting at training targets out in the sea. Those things are big! Permalink 3
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