About gun convergence

[notimejeff]

Just seen a Discovery documentary in which a WW2 Spit/Hurri pilot said that when the squadrons received their planes they would unilaterally alter the gun 'harmonization' from the standard 400 yds so that the inner guns converged at 200, the middle guns at 250 and the outer guns at 400, thus giving what he called a lethal cone.
Well this was news to me. If anyone has heard of this could you say where you heard it, as it would be good to verify this. Was this practice widespread or just confined to some squadrons? Thanks for any info. BTW it might make a good mod if when the more pressing issues are resolved.

[Glider]

Altering the gun convergence was often done by squadrons of all airforces. As far as I am aware this was accepted and was a subject of debate then and now. The differences varied and sometimes by individual pilot.

[skouras]

during BOB era
the default convergence of the British guns was 250 yards.
However most veteran pilots though that was to far for them so they usually set them to 150 yards
[from spitfire ace documentery]
i switch mine to 200..is the best option to me [at least for the Bf 109 that i'm flying most]

[notimejeff]

thanks for your input. What was new to me is the practice of setting different convergence distances for different pairs of guns, giving a cone effect rather than a combined hit at the same distance. I'll do some research and see what I can find out.

[ATAG_Doc]

If you're able to fly a 109 in such a way that you can get in close for a tight shot try reducing convergence to 100 and watch how you shred'em then

[notimejeff]

I found this:

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/avi...area-5447.html

I think it would make a nice mod if we could try both the sledgehammer and the shotgun for different targets.