In the bomber killer role it's a matter of ordnance on the A8.
Lets say you're out to fight at medium alt Spits in a melee arena, and a bomber set show up- B17s..
You are equipped with 2*20mm and 2*13 mm 50% fuel to stand any chance against those pesky spits.
You HO and kill the mid bomber in the set, and then you have to be lucky to get a second before you have to fly home with half a wing ( if the bomber gunners are good).
Flying at altitude with a 2*30mm 2*20mm 2*13mm and a pair of anti-air rockets is a whole different ballgame.
Flying in a Mossie you enjoy the advantage of 4 Hispanoes 4 nuisance mg's and suffer from a fragile pilot.
I DO know what I'm talking about, no-one else have the accumulated number of sorties in the A8 last 8 years I have.
Not a matter of thinking in this case....A8 is a better bomber killer....If you disagree with me on that you don't know what you' re talking about...sorry. Same thing with the conversation a few months back about K4 vs Spit 16....some people said the K4 was better...Sorry again you're wrong not a single K4 stick will beat a ghost of themselves in a Spit 16 because the advantages a K4 does have aren't enough in a straight up fight.....Same goes with a KI84(Can a K4 just run....yes but that's not fighting and the other aircraft doesn't die)
Now if you said something like Spit 14 vs K4....or K4 vs P38J(in air vs air fight)...or 190A5 vs 152...or D11 vs 152...KI84 vs Spit 9/8...ect ect ect
Then you can start bringing opinion into the matter but certain things like A8 vs mossy in a bomber attack role...A8 is hands down better, anyone who thinks otherwise just doesn't know what their talking about because of ignorance.
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