"much better"? http://www.hitechcreations.com/component/option,com_ahplaneperf/Itemid,221/view,ahplaneperf/index.php Also the IL2 rolls better, converts energy better, and is far better armored.
If you're using high AoA attacks, return fire is a non-issue. Nothing that can hit you from a high-angle dive would be significantly less dangerous to the Il-2 than it is to the Hurricane IID.
And yes, its preformance is much better. Not 300+mph better, but still much better. Remember, when comparing fighters, even 15mph faster is a big increase. 250 fpm rate of climb can matter.
Also, I really don't think the Il-2 rolls better. About equal in the best of cases, I would say.
Ive killed more panzers from the side or top with one voley of one or two shots then carter has peanuts. Heres a Tiger I killed with one shot the other day. http://youtu.be/P1UsDyKe46s After dumping off an 87G after unloading all its ammo on it and seeing it bounce off. Then I killed two panzers in quick succession.
The M8 cant get as close as the IL2 and if you cant kill a Panzer with 4 shots from an IL2 then your in the wrong business.
I've closed to 150yds when firing at Panthers before. For a Panzer, I think my closest is about 50yds in an ambush-engagment. Those undestroyed barns make REALLY nice hiding places.
Again what is your in game name Tank-ace? Mines Rich54
Was Jager up untill last Sept. Been on a break since then. However, since no damage model or anything relevant to this has been changed since last sept. and now, dates don't matter near so much.
And I really don't care about your stats, that you think you can kill a Panzer IV with a 2-4 rounds from an Il-2 on anything approaching a regular basis shows somethings really not quite clicking for you.
Just tested offline, and it takes at least 2 rounds from the M8 to kill a Panzer IV H from the side at about 200yds with 90 degree impact anlge (no slope of the armor relative to the round). Now, unless you're 1) coming it at almost taxi-height, firing at less than 200yds, and are flying near perfectly perpendicular to the tank, you're not killing them in 4 rounds. If you're doing that, then you have the incredible good luck of not bumping into a tanker who knows his buissness against aircraft.
Really, the Il-2 is only superior because of its large ammunition capacity, and perhaps its armor, depending on your style. In all other ways, its equal or inferior.
