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Originally Posted by Eldur
I've seen "red" pilots, too, saying the same. And the gun makes not much difference, because there's a lot less ammunition which compensates for the bit heavier gun.
MG 151/20 = 42,5kg
One shell = 220g (projectile is 115g)
Gun + 200rd = 86,5kg
MK 108 = 58kg
One shell = 480g (projectile is 330g)
Gun + 65rd = 116,2kg
So it's ~20kg difference. Data source: http://www.adlertag.de/waffen/waffen.htm
2 things that should be looked at are the UB muzzle velocity (you can see it's something like twice the ShKAS value in MiG-3, and UBs have an extremely high range) and the MG 17 Rate of Fire (it's still with 2x packages AFAIK, some others had been changed when FB came out). |
+1 about the weight of MG151 and MK108. The weight for German planes equipped with MK 108 should all be fixed.
And G2 and G6 should only have 376kg difference in weight:
a, New radio set
b, Larger, non-retractable tailwheel*
c, 13mm HMGs and their belt covers, or 'bulges'
* In fact, late G-2s had the same arger, non-retractable tailwheel as well, so in practice the only difference between was a quite insignificant 50 kg weight increase, and -9 km/h loss of top speed due to the cowling bulges. But in the game the difference between G2 and G6 in handling is unreasonably large.
And about the muzzle velocity of MG151, it is considerably slow compared to Hispano V in the game. While in real life the difference is only arround 20 m/s. Within a range less than 300 meter, there should be virtually no diference in the lead for the same shooting scenario. But in the game the Hispano on Tempest requires much less lead than MG151 when firing. It also seems to me that the MV of MK 108 is too low. Please fix these problem in the incoming patch.