Admit your ignorance - things you've only just realised/learned

[figbat]

I did some long range rifle shooting with 303 ammunition when I was a teenager, the same stuff that the Spitfire's eight machine guns had. The thought of 160 rounds a second from a Spitfire coming at you is pretty horrendous.

I assume you mean per minute? The A10 only puts out about 65 rounds per second.

 

[figbat]

I assume you mean per minute? The A10 only puts out about 65 rounds per second.

Unless, of course, you’re counting all 8 guns firing at once?

 

[DRM]

I assume you mean per minute? The A10 only puts out about 65 rounds per second.

I used to see those things doing live firing near Hornsea in East Yorkshire, there was a range going out to sea, with fluorescent targets, the aircraft would come in so low you could stick your arm out of the van window and wave, the pilot would wave back! Hearing how they fire is terrifying I wouldn’t want to be anywhere near the receiving end

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

View: https://youtu.be/0seCBWpb1Qo


1 machine gun


View: https://youtu.be/fRBLlMv0uPc?t=117


8 equivalent machine guns

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Fired the .303 a few times in the Army Cadets then the SLR in the Navy. Folk used to the SA80 say the SLR has a kick - I just laugh at them.

 

[slowmotion]

I assume you mean per minute? The A10 only puts out about 65 rounds per second.

A Browning 0.303 Spitfire machine gun could fire at a rate of about 1200 rounds per minute. There are eight such guns.
That's 160 rounds a second.

 

[slowmotion]

Fired the .303 a few times in the Army Cadets then the SLR in the Navy. Folk used to the SA80 say the SLR has a kick - I just laugh at them.

The Lee Enfield 0.303's kick was a bit brutal but the sound from the shot was worse. I stopped shooting after a year because I was pretty sure that the noise was going to lead to permanent hearing loss. Ear defenders were useless back then.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Car insurance in Germany is based on the vehicle, not the driver. Once the vehicle is insured then the owner can allow anyone with a licence to drive it.
Even though I learned to drive here, this little snippet of information had passed me by because I don't actually own a car. It came up today because there was a possibility I may need to use a different company owned vehicle and I asked how I could prove I was a named driver.

 

[presta]

That Unit 4+2 are the band that recorded Concrete & Clay (they were on the '60s Music channel a couple of days ago). When I saw them live at Crittall social club I thought they were just a local pub band.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CEQ640sHr8

 

[Dogtrousers]

John of Gaunt was actually John of Ghent. He was born in Ghent which was known as Gaunt at the time.

Probably most famous for something he never said - "this Sceptred Isle" words put into his mouth by Shakespeare.

 

[Tail End Charlie]

Dublin means "black pool" in Irish or Norse, which is ironic as it's just across the Irish Sea from Blackpool. I know which I'd rather visit!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

John of Gaunt was actually John of Ghent. He was born in Ghent which was known as Gaunt at the time.

Probably most famous for something he never said - "this Sceptred Isle" words put into his mouth by Shakespeare.

No it isn't, it's an '87! (If you know, you know).

Seriously though, that is interesting and gives an extra dimension to that West Coast electric from my spotting days ☺️😄

Dublin means "black pool" in Irish or Norse, which is ironic as it's just across the Irish Sea from Blackpool. I know which I'd rather visit!

Same here... NEITHER! ,😝

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Dublin means "black pool" in Irish or Norse, which is ironic as it's just across the Irish Sea from Blackpool. I know which I'd rather visit!

Yeah Blackpool is great isn't it

 

[Drago]

I've just finished reading the military history of Northamptonshire.

In Northampton, where I worked for my years, there is a road call The Mounts, divided into upper and lower mounts.

I didn't realise this dates back to the civil war. Royalists fortified the town and built defences in a line along the road now known as the Mounts. There were two gun mounts on this wall for cannon, the upper mount up the hill and the lower mount further down, hence the modern name.

Indeed, not being either a true local or a 1960s London overspill plastic Cockley I knew nothing of such history, and I'm astonished how many places have names that are military in origin.

 

[Dogtrousers]

No it isn't, it's an '87! (If you know, you know).

I didn't. But I worked it out,