Major Tom,
This is not a cannon issue. It doesn't matter what kind of cannon. It isn't about the fighter's firepower. Its about the bomber's wing's durability.
The problem I have is that if the fighter concentrates on the wing of a B-17 or Lanc (the two heavies) using only the machine guns on a P-38 (no cannon) it takes about 12 hits to blow it off.
Can you guys seriously sit here and tell me that 12 hits from a 50 cal machinge gun would blow the wing clean off of a heavy bomber?
There was a reference to an interview with a German pilot who said that it would take 7 hits from a 30mm cannon to blow a B-17's wing off. Does the 50 cal hit 60% as hard as the German 30mm cannon? In AH any 20mm cannon will blow a heavies wing of in 7 hits. A 30mm takes only a few hits to do it.
The bomber's wings need to be strengthened (just the wings, the rest is fine).
Sisu
-Karnak
