"The" == The Enlightenment writes:
The fuse to detonate within the fuel tank. Only 3 hits were
The required to brring down a 4 engined heavy bomber and even a
The P47 couldn't survive more than a hit or two. (which made the
The Me 109 so deady if it got to within 200m)

As loing as it was _behind_ the P-47 at the time g

The At some point, around 50mm the designation changed the BK
The (Bord Kanon) sometimes appeared. Believe it or not the
The Germans were planing to arm their fighters with the 55mm Mk
The 112. It was a scaled up Mk 108. It was actualy quite a
The feasigle weapon calculated to require only 1 hit. It was low
The velocity but the shear size of the shell gave it reasonable
The ballistics.

I suppose much like the vaunted 18" guns on Furious. Only one gun,
only need one hit. But one shot also takes out the carrier
aircraft, rattle rattle splat. Sorry, I couldn't resist, hard day
at work...

(PS The Japanese pilots carried swords for really close-range work
- *kathwap* there goes the enemy's aerial wire, *thwakaaa* there
goes the venturi, *bong bong bong* sound of hilt on the canopy).

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G Hassenpflug * IJN & JMSDF equipment/history fan