Thread:Moflete/@comment-33537553-20171107154847/@comment-30076690-20171120164606

https://what-if.xkcd.com/21/

[T]he recoil … still had a tendency to inflict damage on the aircraft. The rate of fire was reduced to 4,000 rounds a minute but it didn't help much. Landing lights almost always broke after firing … Firing more than about 30 rounds in a burst was asking for trouble from overheating …