Yanks and their MG's

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Originally Posted by Friendly_flyer

The wikipedia entry on the Hispano autocanon touches on the problem. The American showed interest in the British Hispano early on, but it appears the US manufacturers wanted to redesign the chamber somewhat. The result was that the weapon became prone to misfire.

I wonder what drove them to 'improve' an already working design resulting US not having a cannon until 50's. But well, it worked out of ok concerning the outcome but would have been great to see / fly cannon packed late war fighters for US.

Anyone has any idea on the rate of failure the american models of Hispano's had?