As noted over, firing a machine gun for extended periods makes massive amounts of warmth. Inside a worst-situation circumstance, this will induce a cartridge to overheat and detonate regardless if the trigger is not really pulled, most likely leading to damage or leading to the gun to cycle its

Aircraft-mounted machine guns were to start with used in overcome in Earth War I. Instantly this lifted a fundamental problem. The simplest posture for guns in one-seater fighter was Evidently, for the goal of aiming, right in front of the pilot; but this placement would obviously end in bullets