[Calvin Locke]

Was there any particular reason that the Japanese only put a machine gun or two in a lot of their planes? (leaving out the cannon equipped models...)

Did they go for more ammo storage instead? Less weight, greater range?

[gura]

No idea. As an armchair expert who flys these planes online, I’ll take a P-47 with 8 50 cals set to converge at 900ft. :-)

[GATOR NAVY]

I’m guessing it was a weight factor since that seemed to be their primary consideration for just about everything else.