The Ugly Truth: Cannons better than .50cal?

Surely it is impossible that both types of weapons were equally effective given their contextual use within World War 2! That's not possible, is it?! Go away with your nuance and context, this is the internet and we don't deal with your types. Get our Book - Army Regulation Medium Panzer Company 1941 - http://www.hdv470-7.com/ Support - Patreon:   / milavhistory   Channel Memberships:    / @militaryaviationhistory   PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/BismarckYT Museum footage - RAF Museum https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/london/ Flugwerft Schleissheim https://www.deutsches-museum.de/en/fl... MHM Berlin-Gatow https://www.mhm-gatow.de/de Footage - IL2 footage courtesy of Sheriff's Sim Shack:    / @sheriffssimshack   Department of Defence Social Media - Twitter:   / milavhistory   Instagram:   / milaviationhistory   Facebook:   / militaryaviationhistory   Sources - AFATL-TR-84-03 Historical Development Summary of Automatic Cannon Caliber Ammunition.: 20-30 Millimeter Antony G. Williams Dr. Emmanuel Gustin, Flying Guns World War II, Crowood Press: 2003 https://www.amazon.com/Flying-Guns-Wo... Website: http://users.telenet.be/Emmanuel.Gustin/ AP15651, Pilot Notes Spitfire B.R. 932, Handbook on Ammunition D. (Luft) T.2109 F-1 bis F-4, T7, Heft 1 D.(Luft) T 6108, MK 108, Oktober 1943, Dr Carlo Kopp, Early fighter cannon armament Exploding Fuel Tanks - Saga of Technology That Changed the Course of the Pacific Air War, https://www.amazon.com/Exploding-Fuel... Fighting in the Air - The Official Combat Technique Instructions for British Fighter Pilots 1916-1945, RAF Museum Series Volume 7: 1978 George M. Chinn, The Machine Gun: 1951 G.F.Wallace, The Guns of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945: 1972 Handbuch der Flugzeugbordwaffenmunition, 1936-1945 Robert S. Johnson, Thunderbolt! https://www.amazon.com/Thunderbolt-Ro... Labbett & Mead TAG Series, Series 2 Pamphlet 6, S2 P11, S3 P5 L.Dv. 4000/10, Munitionsvorschriften für Fliegerbordwaffen Teil 10 – Handbuch der Munition für Fliegerschußwaffen War Metallurgy Division, Metallurgical Examination of Armor Plate from Japanese Aircraft ‘Frank’, May 1945 Timecodes - 00:00 - Intro 00:24 - .50cal as a aerial weapon 01:30 - German cannon/MG armament 02:32 - Of Apples and Oranges 03:40 - Introduction of some sources 04:32 - US aircraft weapons 06:32 - Weapon, aircraft and protection development 16:10 - Protection on/ of Bombers 21:09 - Conclusions on Pre-WW2 period 21:30 - Answering a Question with a Question 22:50 - .303s during Battle of Britain 28:47 - Never give a German a cannon 34:24 - Survivorship bias 36:00 - German & RAF thinking 39:04 - US .50cal + MK 108: A mortar pretending to be a cannon 42:44 - Gun stats comparison 44:31 - Thoughts about .50cal 46:55 - CONTEXT 52:00 - Conclusions