[klem]

Maybe a bit late to come back on the .303 posts a few back but it was mostly Ball ammunition with, later, De-Wilde mixed in to give a 'splotch' when it hit to confirm aim.

It was hard to down the bombers but could be done - remember the Spits and Hurris had 8 x .303s and the Hurri MkII had 12.

Of course what isn't modelled in IL-2 is the pilots will to stay alive and bug out as soon as he got an engine/oil/fuel hit. 109s would have to run immediately as they were badly short on fuel and the bombers also had a long way to go home with a smoking engine.

Oleg better not invent unrealistic weapon loadouts for these a/c or at least I hope map-makers won't put cannon armed spits into the actual BoB scenarios. The few squadrons that first flew with them had many cannon problems and few were used in the Battle, the first squadrons reverting to .303s until the bugs were ironed out.

It was tough. Suck it and see.

56RAF_klem