curiouslysophie Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 Just a quick question about how the shell casings are ejected from the MK 103 cannons. In some mountings and the Bentley drawings it seems like the casings ejected straight down from the gun? It also appears the links for the ammo belts are often ejected through a separate port. Im just wondering if anyone has any details or good pictures I could use for reference. Cheers, sophie Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juggernut Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 Which airframe are we referring to? I think the installations may be different depending on the platform it's used in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curiouslysophie Posted June 21, 2022 Author Share Posted June 21, 2022 9 hours ago, Juggernut said: Which airframe are we referring to? I think the installations may be different depending on the platform it's used in. Sorry, I should’ve said. I’m looking at the Do 335 B-2 with the wing mounted MK 103’s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juggernut Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 (edited) Does this help? Image Reference: Smith, R. Creek, E. Hitchcock, T. (1997), Dornier 335 arrow, Monogram aviation publications, MA. (pp. 120-121) Edited June 21, 2022 by Juggernut LSP_Matt and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curiouslysophie Posted June 21, 2022 Author Share Posted June 21, 2022 7 hours ago, Juggernut said: Does this help? Image Reference: Smith, R. Creek, E. Hitchcock, T. (1997), Dornier 335 arrow, Monogram aviation publications, MA. (pp. 120-121) Thank you! That drawing is useful, but according to Bentley’s drawings there is two ejection ports; the one labelled 86 in that drawing for the shell links, but another directly below the gun supposedly for the shell casings. What I would like to see is a photo reference of the bottom of the gun if possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juggernut Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 I don't know if you'll be able to see it but 85 (directly below the gun (behind 86 in the image) is for the spent shells and 86 is for the spent links and is at the bottom of the weapon. Unfortunately, I don't have any photographs that clearly show the link or shell ejection chutes and many, if not all of the drawings in my reference were done by Bentley. curiouslysophie and LSP_Matt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curiouslysophie Posted June 22, 2022 Author Share Posted June 22, 2022 6 hours ago, Juggernut said: I don't know if you'll be able to see it but 85 (directly below the gun (behind 86 in the image) is for the spent shells and 86 is for the spent links and is at the bottom of the weapon. Unfortunately, I don't have any photographs that clearly show the link or shell ejection chutes and many, if not all of the drawings in my reference were done by Bentley. Thank you, I didn’t spot that one. I’m guessing the gun ejects the shell casing directly down then? I’ll go with that then and design the ejection shoots and ammo boxes for it. Thanks for your help! LSP_Matt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Matt Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 It's a crazy big cannon. Like something that should be in the turret of a LAV. One hit from one of those shells...game over. Citadelgrad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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