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So I turned on the TV after class and it was Walker, Texas Ranger. I was about to change it when Walker's partner comes up from underwater in scuba gear holding a fired bullet. Supposedly this bullet was recovered from a shot down plane. Here comes the funny part. They look at it and decide that it came from a 50 MM 
cannon on an aircraft. Oddly enough I thought the biggest canon aside from the 105 MM howitzer and 40 MM cannon on AC-130s is the 30MM gun on A-10 warthog. They track down the pilot that shot them down and his plane is a P-51 mustang. This WWII plane mounted six .50 caliber guns. I'm sure we all know .50 caliber is 12.7 mm. 50 mm would be approximately 1.97 caliber, a rediculous idea for wing guns on any non-turbine powered aircraft.
cannon on an aircraft. Oddly enough I thought the biggest canon aside from the 105 MM howitzer and 40 MM cannon on AC-130s is the 30MM gun on A-10 warthog. They track down the pilot that shot them down and his plane is a P-51 mustang. This WWII plane mounted six .50 caliber guns. I'm sure we all know .50 caliber is 12.7 mm. 50 mm would be approximately 1.97 caliber, a rediculous idea for wing guns on any non-turbine powered aircraft.
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