[CaptainDoggles]

There seems to be a huge and disappointing trend lately of assuming that the E4 is overmodeled.

It really is not.

I know there's a vocal minority of Allied pilots who seem to be afraid of/fed up with/otherwise against the E-4 even though it has the same performance as the E-3.

Yes, it carries minegeschoss shells and they are better. No, these are not super 1946-style Mk-108 wonder weapons.

More than once I've put a perfect 5-round burst into the cockpit of a Hurricane only to see him start maneuvering wildly as if he was unscathed. If you edit the belting in the E-3 it can be nearly as effective as the E-4, as I found out during the 5./JG27 missions before the E-4 was introduced. In fact, I find that mostly it's the MG-17s in the nose that do most of the pilot killing.

Tomcat, if you are having trouble killing bombers with the E-3 then I suggest to you to a) Stop worrying about "kill stealing" when fractional scores are awarded anyways and b) edit your belting.

I have on numerous occasions taken down 5+ Blenheims using only the nose guns shooting a mix of armor-piercing and incendiary ammunition (SmkH and PmK). If you approach from 6 low, shoot the gunner until you kill him and then aim either at the engine or the wing root inboard of the engine it usually takes about 200 rounds of MG-17 per bomber.

I am sure that I will be flamed shortly by those who wish only to see the "Blue side" nerfed because they want their favorite ride to be the best in every respect.