Originally posted by Krusty
No 50cal armed plane is best for bomber busting. 190s are... okay... but the MG151s truly lack in hitting power. I unloaded my entire 500 rounds of 20mm from a 190F-8 into a single lancaster, and i'm not kidding -- he wasn't even smoking. Somebody else got the kill.
That being said, anything with 20mms will do, as long as you're fast enough to get in, fire guns, and get out. Ki84 suffers in this area because it's slow, for example.
You want the BEST angle? Well, slightly high and dead ahead. But that angle is hard to get. .
I disagree with the 4 - 50's in the nose of a P-38. The lethality of these 4 guns in the nose, IMO, is better than 6 - wing mounted .50's. Not to mention, the 20mm cannon.
If you poured THAT MUCH into a Lanc, you put a ton of it into the fuselage. Never aim for the fuselage, it absorbs rounds (MG and Cannon) like a sponge. If not, your connection may have been lagging, that just seems odd.
Personally, I fine the best method is HO'ing them (it worked for the JG26 in WWII and it works in here). From underneath is easy as well. Ask 999000 about the number of HO's I have won against his formations.
Karaya
PS - Krusty, I ain't picking on you, please don't take it like that.
