Does the cannon's ammo explodes when they are hit ?

[Verhängnis]

Continu0, I am pretty sure that unless the Bomb's are armed then they are completely harmless, considering most of those small Hurricane shells wouldn't be able to penetrate the aircraft and then through the steel casings and still have enough energy to set the explosives off, although I may be wrong.

[drewpee]

I would think if one round went off the rest would become shrapnel, not exploding unless the detonator hit something sharp and hard. If you had any sort of fire near a ammo magazine you'd be hitting the silk. Actuarial any fire in an aircraft and you'd bail.

[Osprey]

They release bombs because they are hit and can no longer hit their intended target. It makes sense to lighten the load to try and save the aeroplane.

[Hellbender]

Several times these emergency released bombs dropped through my plane and dealt no damage.