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Originally Posted by Friendly_flyer
Very nice!
Are the spent cartridges put in for show, or were they found there when the plane was raised?
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Yes, exactly as they where found!!!1!1one!
Heck no! J/K! Laid there for show.
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Originally Posted by Skarphol
I'm pretty sure that is He 111P 5J+CN wich is in Gardermoen, if I'm right this plane wasn't raised but salvaged by helicopter from the mountains near Lesja.
Anyhow; I thought the whole purpose of that kind of MG-magazine was to collect all the spent cartrigdes in the right half? Having lots of empty cartrigdes flying around in the gondola while firing the gun must be very distracting for the gunner?
Skarphol
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Correct, 111P 5J+CN, rescued off a mountain.
And robtek (below) correctly described the operation.
Normally there is a collection bag under the MG15, but few exist today.
BUT, the very low mounting of the MG15 puts it so close, in this case there is a door at the bottom, between the piles of casings, the gunner could open and dump them out the 111.
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Originally Posted by robtek
afaik there are rounds in both sides of the mag (75 each side), fed alternately, while the spent cartridges are ejected downward.
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Correct, 37 each side, 1 in middle.
