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#3629095 - 08/19/12 09:23 AM OT - Nose Art Documentary.
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Edited by RedToo (08/19/12 09:24 AM)
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#3629167 - 08/19/12 11:21 AM Re: OT - Nose Art Documentary. [Re: RedToo]
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While looking through other related articles to the one posted above I ran across this. [url=A Spitfire to go with the mustang. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15652440 ]Spitfire Browning fires after 70 years[/url]
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#3629648 - 08/20/12 07:00 AM Re: OT - Nose Art Documentary. [Re: beagleboy03]
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Originally Posted By: beagleboy03
While looking through other related articles to the one posted above I ran across this. [url=A Spitfire to go with the mustang. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15652440 ]Spitfire Browning fires after 70 years[/url]


Great vid of those Brownings with ammo that looked 'as new'.

The rate of fire seems much less than the 1150RPM so often quoted. Some sources state even lower than 800RPM in RAF service operations.
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