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How did machine guns fire through the propeller arc without breaking the propeller, on a single prop airplane?
Did this make the machine guns less effective?
Initially, yes. The synchronization mechanism reduced the rate of fire of the machine gun, which made it less effective in combat. However, as the mechanism was refined over time, it became more reliable and allowed for much higher rates of fire. By the end of World War I, synchronized machine guns had become the standard armament on most fighter planes.