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tminus7700 t1_j621s1g wrote

Reply to comment by Minuted in TIL that World War II Spitfires only had about 20 seconds of 'gun time' before running out of ammo, making most movie depictions wildly inaccurate by TimmyIsBaller

> But undoubtedly far less than 10 percent of all rounds fired connected with a target

I've heard far, far less than that. https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/1711/number-of-bullets-used-in-ww2

>The number of bullets fired per kill varies based on the source from 5k to 50k.

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WesternOne9990 t1_j623m3q wrote

Yeah I’d hedge my bets on the far end of the estimates even.

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