-—and it took an average of 12000 rounds of .50 BMG to do so —both in the Pacific and European theaters of war—
250 rounds of .50 belted in cans would be almost 50 cans...that’s an awful lot of space for something like an F-4 or similar....
12000 rounds per plane?????????
Are you sure about that?
Fighters didn’t carry anywhere near that much. I think they only carried about 1200 rds total. That’s a lot of weight for one plane.
They fired in short bursts to conserve.