Oscar KI43

[Pigslilspaz]

Sorry to be blunt, but you are dead wrong. 

The Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa (Allied reporting name "Oscar") was produced in greater numbers than any other IJA plane (5,900+) and served on every front for the entire duration of the war.

[Pigslilspaz]

Yeh, but good luck killing a Brewster with 2 .30 cals, I usually need 2 or 3 passes with the Hispanos and TONS of hits to kill a Brew with 20mm's, can only imagine it would be a long protracted affair to do it with those pellet guns.....

remember, a shot to the head is a shot to the head, regardless of the gun.

[gyrene81]

Came too late and saw no combat

that's just sour grapes because your f7f didn't see any combat... 

[Reaper90]

remember, a shot to the head is a shot to the head, regardless of the gun.

If I could find the pilot in that fat little plane I would shoot him.... but I think even the canopy glass is bulletproof! 

[Dragon]

M-18?







 

[GNucks]

Shades. Shades everywhere...

[curry1]

Yeh, but good luck killing a Brewster with 2 .30 cals, I usually need 2 or 3 passes with the Hispanos and TONS of hits to kill a Brew with 20mm's, can only imagine it would be a long protracted affair to do it with those pellet guns.....

What kind of Hispanos do you have?

[Krusty]

The BREW in-game seems to take 2-3 solid hits that would each bring down a spit or 109. Hit it with 30mm+ and it lights up or goes down, but seems to really survive a heavy abuse (assuming you don't insta-kill the pilot).

[Raptor]

Am I the only one that doesn't have trouble with brewsters?

[Krusty]

I've killed them, so I don't have "too much trouble" per se, I just seem to find myself plinking away longer than on other craft.

Rangoon for example, I pulled in point blank behind a BREW that was intent on bombers. I'm in a 110C. I know my main hitting power is the MG/FF. I'm close, not missing any rounds, no convergence issues... I unload and have to sit there pounding him for 2x longer than I expected before he simply lost a wing.

Didn't go boom or anything, just lost a wing. I was hitting the fuselage area as well (must have been wing root damage) so I should have popped the pilot easily.


(EDIT: I'm not saying anything is wrong, just recounting how it seems to me -- just a perception and it could be placebo or based on outside factors)

[Mitsu.]

Yes, it's IJAF main fighter during the war.
It should be available in Aces High.

[Yeager]

Loved the Ki43 in WBs.  I would think it would be a great EW and MW ride.....

[Krusty]

Did WBs have the -I or -II?

[Karnak]

Yeh, but good luck killing a Brewster with 2 .30 cals, I usually need 2 or 3 passes with the Hispanos and TONS of hits to kill a Brew with 20mm's, can only imagine it would be a long protracted affair to do it with those pellet guns.....

That would be a Ki-43-1.  Ki-43-II had two 12.7mm guns as in the cowl of the Ki-84, and I have killed multiple aircraft per sortie with nothing but the 12.7mm guns on the Ki-84.

[Krusty]

^-- Same here, but in our game they seem to fire 2x faster than they did historically. Might be a bit harder to bring craft down if you only fire 450 rpm. You have to sit there longer, giving them more time to get away.

It's been ages since I played with WB offline. How fast were the guns there?

EDIT: P.S. The -I would be exclusively 1 7mm and 1 12.7mm.