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[Wing Walker]

I have been noticing there are several different .50BMG rounds for U.S. aircraft.  I don't get what they are, and after a little testing its still hard to tell.

I know in real life you would have things like incendiary rounds, or armor piercing. 

Even "extra" incendiary which the P-47M had special for fighting Jets and setting them on fire, which unfortunately is not modeled here since the P-47s all have "BrowningM2", which I assume is some standard type.

Does anyone know what any of these abbreviations mean for the 50cals?

The list:

Browning50APIT
Browning50k
Browning50kAPIT
Browning50si
Browning50kWF
Browning50NT (on the night fighter Hellcat, shows no tracers)
Browning50s
BrowningM2

Would be nice if they were integrated weapon load out options.

[resistor]

There's ball ammo, tracer, headlight tracer,  Armor Piercing, Incendiary, and Armor Piercing Incendiary Tracer. I don't believe there were other .50 ammo types in ww2, but I may be wrong.

[WxTech]

I have been noticing there are several different .50BMG rounds for U.S. aircraft.  I don't get what they are, and after a little testing its still hard to tell.

I know in real life you would have things like incendiary rounds, or armor piercing. 

Even "extra" incendiary which the P-47M had special for fighting Jets and setting them on fire, which unfortunately is not modeled here since the P-47s all have "BrowningM2", which I assume is some standard type.

Does anyone know what any of these abbreviations mean for the 50cals?

The list:

Browning50APIT
Browning50k
Browning50kAPIT
Browning50si
Browning50kWF
Browning50NT (on the night fighter Hellcat, shows no tracers)
Browning50s
BrowningM2

Would be nice if they were integrated weapon load out options.

APIT = Armor Piercing Incendary Tracer
k = non-synchronized, generally in the wings
s = synchronized
i = internal spent casings (not ejected)
NT = no tracers
W = ?
F = ?

These designations can be combined as necessary.

[Kelso]

"h" guns are gunpod guns, you can turn them off explicitely using the gunpod hotkey.
"t" guns are turret ones.

[EHood]

Here's some information which may be helpful:

https://man.fas.org/dod-101/sys/land/50.htm