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Offline angelsandair

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P-39Q-20mm option
« on: March 24, 2008, 04:34:00 PM »
Did the P-39Q have the 20mm option? Thats the only reason I use the P-39D more, I like the 20mm option I get from it. I can hit em more and it shoots faster, easier to take out planes. If there is one for the P-39Q, please put it in the game  :aok
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Re: P-39Q-20mm option
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2008, 04:57:30 PM »
Quote from: angelsandair on March 24, 2008, 04:34:00 PM
Did the P-39Q have the 20mm option? Thats the only reason I use the P-39D more, I like the 20mm option I get from it. I can hit em more and it shoots faster, easier to take out planes. If there is one for the P-39Q, please put it in the game  :aok
Sorry, but it was not an option.
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Re: P-39Q-20mm option
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2008, 10:49:46 PM »
the P-39Q didnt have the 20mm option  :huh
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Re: P-39Q-20mm option
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2008, 11:25:55 PM »
Nope, most m4 cannons used on p39's or p-69 and Pt boats (some from unflyable or striped 39's).
The russians used what planes, spare parts... guns and ammo came with them.



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Re: P-39Q-20mm option
« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2008, 05:58:23 PM »
Oh o well.   :aok
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Re: P-39Q-20mm option
« Reply #5 on: March 26, 2008, 05:22:39 AM »
Quote from: angelsandair on March 24, 2008, 10:49:46 PM
the P-39Q didnt have the 20mm option  :huh


The Russians never had a need for a 20mm.
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Re: P-39Q-20mm option
« Reply #6 on: March 26, 2008, 11:29:50 PM »
yea your right. Well, I just gotta get closer and be a better shot. I cant take chances with my shots as much with the P-39, but I like challanges.  :D
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Re: P-39Q-20mm option
« Reply #7 on: March 27, 2008, 11:38:44 AM »
60 rnds of 20mm? No thanks, I'll take 30 rnds of 37mm any day.

Get in close and let em rip. Don't bother with the gondolas either, your better off with the better speed and handling of a clean bird. I have not used the gondos once in the MA with the P-39Q.
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Re: P-39Q-20mm option
« Reply #8 on: March 27, 2008, 02:57:52 PM »
The 60rounds of 20mm round out before the 30 37mm rounds do. I rather take my time and line up a one hit kill then waste half my ammo on one guy.
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Re: P-39Q-20mm option
« Reply #9 on: March 28, 2008, 10:15:17 AM »
I wish they'd fix the damn gunsight! It's unflyable right now!!!


I don't see how some folks are not having problems, unless the bug hits some folks and skips others.
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Re: P-39Q-20mm option
« Reply #10 on: March 28, 2008, 04:10:12 PM »
Quote from: Krusty on March 28, 2008, 10:15:17 AM
I wish they'd fix the damn gunsight! It's unflyable right now!!!


I don't see how some folks are not having problems, unless the bug hits some folks and skips others.
Some one posted a temp fix gunsight. I'll see if I can find link.
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Re: P-39Q-20mm option
« Reply #11 on: March 28, 2008, 06:12:40 PM »
Gunsight bug?  Looked fine to me.
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Re: P-39Q-20mm option
« Reply #12 on: March 28, 2008, 06:34:58 PM »
Quote from: Karnak on March 28, 2008, 06:12:40 PM
Gunsight bug?  Looked fine to me.
Q shoots high. Test it with .target.
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Re: P-39Q-20mm option
« Reply #13 on: March 28, 2008, 08:20:41 PM »
Quote from: angelsandair on March 24, 2008, 04:34:00 PM
Did the P-39Q have the 20mm option? Thats the only reason I use the P-39D more, I like the 20mm option I get from it. I can hit em more and it shoots faster, easier to take out planes. If there is one for the P-39Q, please put it in the game  :aok

P-400 export model had a 20mm cannon instead of the crappy 37mm Oldsmobile cannon.  Quite a few pilots preferred the P-400 variant over the D model because of the lighter, more reliable 20mm Hispano. 

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Re: P-39Q-20mm option
« Reply #14 on: March 28, 2008, 08:24:06 PM »
Quote from: VansCrew1 on March 26, 2008, 05:22:39 AM
The Russians never had a need for a 20mm.

The only P-39 variant that had the 20mm option was the P-400 export model.  The only reason those had the 20mm was they were intended for the UK but Pearl Harbor interrupted those plans and instead we kept the P-400s and used them as trainers and some saw operational service in the SWPTO.  However, the only difference between the D and the P-400 is the 20mm, otherwise they are the exact same aircraft.  Which is probably why the P-39D in here as the 20mm cannon package as an option.

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