"I do notice certain things are different. Like some VVS planes got the buzzsaw 20mm, then you have the emil 20mms that shoot just as slow as the 30mm wing cannons. There's that blue 20mm that fw 190 inside wing guns that really works great, even the BF109 F4 has one of that type. . ."
Those Emile guns are 15 mm only. And they are fed via drum, not belt, so the ammo count is very low. You would want a low RoF if you ask me. All the RoF, speed and energies of the bullets are modeled to be historically accurate, not to fit a perception.
.50 cals have no problems for me. I fly low caliber guns almost exclusively, so I'm more used to them. They 100% get a Bf109 or even Fw-190 smoking at the very least. In the Pacific scenarios, it usually takes only a second to dismember a zero or similar plane.
They are a kinetic energy weapon. Cannons use explosions to do the work. For the .50 cals to work, you can't just click off a couple rounds at a time like with cannons. They are like a buzzsaw, not a sledgehammer. Practice shooting your targets at convergence (use icons at first to help you gauge distance, then get rid of them if you please). Recommended convergence for US WWII pilots was about 250 meters.
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