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The Browning that won the Battle of Britain? The aircraft mounted .303
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In the 1930s, Britain sought to replace the ageing Vickers and Lewis guns in its aircraft arsenal. The trials winner was the Browning .303 but the War Office wanted a number of changes to the off-the-shelf weapon, including a substantial increase in the rate of fire. Famously mounted in the Hurricane, Spitfire and Lancaster bomber, here's the story of Britain's primary air weapon in the Second World War.