Amount of gunners ammo

[peker]

 

Is the amount of gunners ammunition modeled as it was in reality ? 

 

Because it seems to me very little amount of ammunition

 

Were there no other cartridges around the gunner ?

 

 

[FuriousMeow]

These planes modelled here had drum/cartridge fed weapons for the most part. 60 - 90 rounds per drum/cartridge, or there about. Someone will have the exact numbers. Multiply that times 3 to 5 cartridges - so a few seconds of ammunition. They couldn't just hose down the entire sky for minutes, just controlled bursts.

Edited September 3, 2014 by FuriousMeow

[LLv34_Flanker]

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 AFAIK in Pe-2 and IL-2 the gunner had around 120-150rds of ammo in one box. Germans had several clips 3-4 containing 50-250 rounds depending type of clip/ammo box.

Edited September 3, 2014 by LLv34_Flanker

[Matt]

Magazine load and number of magazines (if applicable) seems to be correct. Don't forget that the rifle caliber machine guns have a very high rate of fire (1800 RPM, except for the MG15 in the He 111) and the medium caliber rounds of the Pe-2s guns are pretty heavy, so the plane can't carry a huge number of rounds.

[LukeFF]

These planes modeled here had drum/cartridge fed weapons for the most part. 60 - 90 rounds per drum/cartridge, or there about. Someone will have the exact numbers. Multiply that times 3 to 5 cartridges - so a few seconds of ammunition. They couldn't just hose down the entire sky for minutes, just controlled bursts.

 

The MG15 machine gun (which is in the He 111) had 75-round drums, which at its rate of fire of 1,000 rpm meant the gunner had 4.5 seconds of firing time. So yeah, it's not a lot.