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Originally Posted by Skoshi Tiger
I think the .303's are porked!
All the bullet holes in the 17 are round, which means the .303 rounds were all fired at 90 degrees, Now unless the Dornier was stationary the holes should be oval.
Now the 175 grain .303 round is 31mm in length and travels at about 2445 foot per second (at the muzzle) which works out at about 745725mm per second, so it takes about 0.000042 of a second to travel the 31mm from the tip of the bullet to its butt!
Now lets say the Dornier is traveling at 300km/h thats about 83333mm per second
So in the 0.000042 seconds it takes the bullet to travel the 31mm the plane will have traveled about 3.5mm, so the bullet hole from the .303 round should be an oval about 7.9mmx11.4mm.
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Nonsens. The angle of attack is the only factor, that has anything to do with the form of a bullet hole - or did I just miss something (like this being for fun?)
DK-nme