Yes it was surprising to see how the systems were getting hit. What appeared to be a few useless glancing shots that I thought was a waste of ammo actually turned out to break the fuel pump on one of the tanks. Previous "useless" shots on the fuselage wrecked all sorts of systems internally as well.
Its definately encouraged me to take more pot shots as it doesn't take much to make life hard for the other pilot, even if the effect isn't apparent straight away.
