the best gun

[Rebel]

WITHOUT question the MG42.   

Yup.  Any weapon that causes the department of the Army to release a training film specifically for it is doing it's job very very well.

[Steve]

IMHO  MG42 and M1 Garand.

try killing B-17's with 50's without getting killed

easy peezey lemon squeezy.

[Shuffler]

I use 50s to kill bombers almost exclusively. I save the canon for the harder planes.

[F111]

I use 50s to kill bombers almost exclusively. I save the canon for the harder planes.

[BigPlay]

I use 50s to kill bombers almost exclusively. I save the canon for the harder planes.

That cause the plane you fly only has one cannon. What's harder than taking down a B-17?

[Shuffler]

That cause the plane you fly only has one cannon. What's harder than taking down a B-17?

A well armored  fighter like a 190 or jug. Of the 150 rounds of canon I carry i often come home with over 100. I can put a stream of 50s into a plane with the 38.

[BigPlay]

A well armored  fighter like a 190 or jug. Of the 150 rounds of canon I carry i often come home with over 100. I can put a stream of 50s into a plane with the 38.

Still you have to admit that a B-17 takes a lot more punishment than a 190 or P-47

[Shuffler]

Well it can seem that way sometimes. The wing lets go fairly easy. The are alot of tracers off a 17 if that is what your getting at. I get a vented canopy alot of the time. Not many 17s being used these days.