Changing Cannon ammo on Bf110

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

3 per gun makes more sense

[Last Hussar]

They were quickly moved to night fighter duties as outclassed by Spitfire and Hurricane

This doesn't appear to be until September - which may be 'quick' in military terms, but they were definitely on daylight escort duty up to early or even mid-September.

[Last Hussar]

I've going to go with 2 'Bounds', each of 10 seconds. The player will be banned from firing 'just one side'; I'm going to assume there will be swearing (in German) from the rear gunner if the pilot is trying to fire the gun he is reloading! He will still be able to fire the MGs.

There is absolutely no information I can Bing or Google about how it worked in reality.

[Last Hussar]

However...

When it says there was a drum with 60 rpg, I've realised this could mean "1 drum per gun" or "1 drum that fed both!!!

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

I suspect 1 per tube, otherwise feed system would be extremly complex and very likley jam.

[Ithoriel]

I suspect 1 per tube, otherwise feed system would be extremly complex and very likley jam.

As I said, 3 drums per gun, each gun has an active ammo drum and two spares, to start with.

[Last Hussar]

That's what I thought, but the wording I've found is a bit ambiguous.

Anyway, I've come up with a system that seems ok - A reload could be 40 seconds (if it's me or Orcs rolling dice), or could be 10 (for instance, oh I don't know, pick a name at random, if it's Sunjester).

Basically every phase (3ish seconds) you mark as reloading add d6 to the total so far. Once you get to 13 the guns are reloaded. You only roll if the plane is straight and level. You get to fire the 4 MGs during 'no cannon'.

Possibly a bit kind, but it won't take the plane out of the game TOO long (unless you keep rolling '1'!)