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Originally Posted by daepp View Post
A couple of questions if you don't mind:
- why does the location of the guns in the nose allow for greater shooting distances?
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no, range is the same but the gunfire is more effective.

on other aircraft the nose was full of engine, so the guns were mounted in the wings, some distance apart

they were angled inwards or harmonized so that they formed a cone that concentrated the fire at a particular point

at ranges greater or less than the ideal point the fire was less concentrated

nose mounted guns were still harmonized but the sweet spot was much larger
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