The ultimate armament

[Saxman]

Anything with the Ma Deuce.

[mechanic]

Can't believe people forgot to mention Mosquito's 4x Hispanos...

I've been saying it for close to 6 months, are people really starting to listen?  dont tell too many more people, when they realise she flies like a spit9 with some love it will be the new la7.

[BoilerDown]

Ok, name your best armament. Bring into consideration weight, ammo, ballistics etc.

Mine is Yak-9U with 2 ShVAK 20mm cannons (120 RPG) and 1 UBS 12.7 MG (340 rounds), all in the nose.

Dunno about in WW2 but in Aces High 2 it only has 1 20mm cannon (with 120 rounds) and 2 12.7mm MGs.

I've recently decided to fly the Yak-9U a lot this tour, actually tonight was only my 2nd night flying it.  How do you set your convergance?  What's the longest range you take shots at unmoving targets on your 12?  Do you fire both weapons together or keep them seperate?

It seems obvious to me that the P-38 armament is heads and tails better than the Yak-9U.  More rounds, also nose mounted, twice the number of MGs, and although I've not fired the Yak's guns enough yet to know for sure, supposedly better balistics.  I suppose it loses to the Yak-9U in weight... obviously all those rounds and the extra guns are heavier.

[1701E]

Don't check a thread and i almost let and error of me favorite plane slip by

3200 .50 calibre rounds from 12 guns mounted in the nose, coupled with 21 HE 75mm artillery shells, also in your nose.  Then there's the 3,000 lbs of bombs.

<S>

Yossarian

B-25H Mitchell has only eight nose mounted .50 caliber guns (four nose and four blister).  It also has two on top, two on tail, one left waist, and one right waist, for a total of fourteen .50 cals.  Not trying to be mean just pointed out what could simply be a typing error.
Nice pick on plane

 
-Xcelsior

[Motherland]

Dunno about in WW2 but in Aces High 2 it only has 1 20mm cannon (with 120 rounds) and 2 12.7mm MGs.

I've recently decided to fly the Yak-9U a lot this tour, actually tonight was only my 2nd night flying it.  How do you set your convergance?  What's the longest range you take shots at unmoving targets on your 12?  Do you fire both weapons together or keep them seperate?

It seems obvious to me that the P-38 armament is heads and tails better than the Yak-9U.  More rounds, also nose mounted, twice the number of MGs, and although I've not fired the Yak's guns enough yet to know for sure, supposedly better balistics.  I suppose it loses to the Yak-9U in weight... obviously all those rounds and the extra guns are heavier.

I think he made a typo.

The Yakovlev's armament is similar to the 109G's, and I feel almost as comfortable shooting in it as the 109, so I'll comment a bit here.
I have my convergence in the Yakovlev and the 109 set to 300 yards. I will almost never fire my cannon past D400, and I usually wait until a casual D200 to pull the trigger.
"Wait until your enemy fills the windscreen, so that you cannot possibly miss"-Erich Hartmann

If someone is way out there, (D600, D800) I'll shoot my MG's to get him to turn. However, I will not waste my cannon ammo at these ranges.
At close ranges, I let loose everything.


Past that,
4 Hispanos is the best armament in game.
However, when we get the Me410 I believe the hizookas will be surpassed in total dominance by the Me410's dual Mk103s.

[BaDkaRmA158Th]

6 x 50 cal in the A-20. It's not just guns its the sight picture and stability at unusual attitudes. If you set the guns to 500 you can eviserate a con out to 800 yds. No question that the mossie, 110, P-38 all can hit harder but none are as easy to actually hit with IMO...especially at longer ranges.

125% correct, only the 110 can laser beam things out of the sky like the A20.

[moot]

Tony Williams did this already....  I think the consensus was a nose mounted cannon.

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[Gixer]

I've recently decided to fly the Yak-9U a lot this tour, actually tonight was only my 2nd night flying it.  How do you set your convergance?  What's the longest range you take shots at unmoving targets on your 12?  Do you fire both weapons together or keep them seperate?

Yak 9U I shoot under 200, Yak 9T it's usually point blank to D100 in range, sometimes up to D400 max if the shot/timing presents itself. Fire MG seperately if at all especially with the Yak 9T.


<S>...-Gixer

[Ghosth]

Gixer nailed it, ShVak's rule up close and personal.

150 - 200 is ideal, beyond that its pinging with just the mg's.

Also I don't remember seeing either the tiffy or tempest mentioned. 4x20mm.

And depending on target, I too like the B25H.
Being able to put the smackdown on ships from outside of ack range = Priceless.

[Karnak]

125% correct, only the 110 can laser beam things out of the sky like the A20.

A-20 doesn't hold a candle to the Mosquito in terms of "laser beaming things out of the sky".  I don't even think the Bf110G does due its poorer ballistics, but at least it hits hard when you do connect.

[Noir]

A-20 doesn't hold a candle to the Mosquito in terms of "laser beaming things out of the sky".  I don't even think the Bf110G does due its poorer ballistics, but at least it hits hard when you do connect.

Not to mention the infamous gamey overnose view of the mossie

[titanic3]

Yeah, how much would it weigh?

 

... A lancaster?  But hey, maybe a couple of jet engines could work... 

[humble]

A-20 doesn't hold a candle to the Mosquito in terms of "laser beaming things out of the sky".  I don't even think the Bf110G does due its poorer ballistics, but at least it hits hard when you do connect.

A-20 is much easier to hit with at longer ranges IMO and has a much better sight picture. No question the mossie hits harder but the A-20 hits much more often in my experience.

[Lusche]

A-20 is much easier to hit with at longer ranges IMO and has a much better sight picture. No question the mossie hits harder but the A-20 hits much more often in my experience.

It's just the lack of a proper reflecting gunsight that keeps me from using the A20 because it prevents getting any hits at all

[Saurdaukar]

109K4 w/ two M2's in the cowl and 2 20mm Hizzokas in wing roots.