{"id":21038,"date":"2026-04-19T13:00:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T11:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/?post_type=b17parts&p=21038"},"modified":"2026-04-28T16:55:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:55:51","slug":"flexible-ammunition-feed-chute","status":"publish","type":"b17parts","link":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wreckage-parts\/flexible-ammunition-feed-chute\/","title":{"rendered":"Flexible Ammunition Feed Chute"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Compare the thin metal sheets<\/a> used in the feed chute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Compare the thin metal sheets<\/a> used in the feed chute.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Comparison \/ Reference Photos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Flexible ammunition feed chute on the left and bottom right in this photo. Taken in the nose of a B-17.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Waist Gunner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Waist Gunner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Flexible ammunition feed chute for one of the M2 Browning machine guns. This segment measures approx. 13 cm (approx. 5 1\/8″).\n\nCompare the thin metal sheets (see below) used in the feed chute.","protected":false},"featured_media":21039,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"b17parts-section":[1909],"b17parts-element":[1910],"class_list":["post-21038","b17parts","type-b17parts","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","b17parts-section-various-non-specific","b17parts-element-armament"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.0","language":"en","enabled_languages":["de","en"],"languages":{"de":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/b17parts\/21038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/b17parts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/b17parts"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21038"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"b17parts-section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/b17parts-section?post=21038"},{"taxonomy":"b17parts-element","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/b17parts-element?post=21038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}