Im a little surprised the crew gunnery positions die off so easily in AH, in the KI-67, because in real life the medium bomber had heavily armored crew gun positions. In real life the KI-67 also had hardpoints for an option of 2,360 lbs of bombs, which would be a nice option.
I'd rather have a fixed KI-67 with a lower eny and an option for more bombs on the wing hardpoints. This would give the aircraft about 600 lbs of more bombs, "hardpoints and bomb bay were never loaded together". The gun ammo is fine because speed is its main defense.
You just have to gun the KI-67 a little different. In the back of my mind, when flying it, is the fact you can easily find yourself 200 rounds short if you put yourself in that situation. I do lose some KI-67s, and not counting the ones Ive lost while landing or in the bombsight, because often I have to make a choice of whether I want to lose 1 bomber or all 3.
In other words I'd rather lose one 67, while waiting for the one gunshot I know I can make with a short burst, then lose all 3 cause I was spraying gunfire, as I would in a B-26, and run out of ammo.
Last night I had a good night cause Im learning to fly the airplane correctly. Im going into targets at proper angles, at 12,000', hitting, turning, running, trying to put myself in the position of getting in one on one fights, or, at worst, 2 on 1. And I have no fear of anybody 1 on 1 while in 67s. Not even an uber-stick in a 262.
You can get a lot of good gunsight looks at enemy cons in 67s because the speed of the airplane forces the fight into the horizontal more then any other bomber. One trick I like to use in it is when I first see a con grabbing air for energy I'll open the bomb bay doors and let my speed trickle down. When hes almost at the top of his arc, and right before he starts his dive, I'll close them and start a shallow dive.
Often it'll cause him to misjudge his slash angle and he''ll be left with either coming in flat or breaking off and starting new. Often they choose to hang up and come in flat. And then they are mine.
Another mistake fighter sticks make is they underestimate the waist guns and nose guns in 67s. The waist guns have a lot of coverage because the airplane rolls so well. I got that 262 the other day cause when he went past me he stayed flat and I hit him quickly with my nose guns.
You dont want to hang up or be flat anywhere around KI-67s.