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Originally Posted by Burtonboy05
Lockheed P-38J and L models lighting FTW, nuff said.
2x.50 cal 2x .30 and 1x 37mil cannon in the nose she packs a punch and no worry about converging bullets from wings its right in front of you 
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Not to nit-pick, but the standard armament was actually better than posted above.
4x.50 cal and a 20mm cannon in most models. The added .50 cals and higher rate of fire and better trajectory of the 20mm over the 37mm would be significant.
The P-39 had the gun arrangement you mentioned, and the convergence and trajectory mismatches, and low ROF of the 37 mm really proved to be a design fault in action, at least in the air to air role. The 37mm could be a terror against light armored vehicles however. The Russians made great use!