Why the Breda-Safat is the way it is!

[6S.Maraz]

Originally Posted by Snuff_Pidgeon

Despite the availability of high explosive shells, Italian pilots preferred in general the armor-piercing and incendiary ammunitions to the weak destructive capability of a mere 0.8 grams of explosives.

This is very questionable, I never read that thing in all plot's memories, and the few available pictures of Breda belts show a mix of 1/3 HE rounds.

British experts called the high explosive smaller calibres "ridiculous"

What is the source of this information and who where these British "experts" ?

and the US used only few series of HE 12.7 mm ammunitions.

probably because their 12.7x99 had enough power already.

IMHO a good mix of explosive rounds could cause more damage to soft-skinned parts of aircraft than AP rounds only. Also probability of catching fire was higher.

Maraz