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[IceFire]

Originally Posted by JG27_PapaFly

You fly the Ki84b? I fly it a lot and i'd perfectly understand if the 4 Ho5 cannons are weaker than the 4 MG151/20 of the 190A6-A9. But my impression is that they are weaker than the 2 MG151/20 on the 190D9. I fly the D9 and the Ki84b a lot, and I'm not what you'd call a poor shot. I regularly land 5-kill sorties with the Frank in a fullreal online environment, but i get much more instant massive structural damage in the D9 with just 2 x 20mm and 2 x 13mm. Yesterday i've hit a spit 6! times at point blank from 0-90° deflection with the Frank's 20ies before it finally lost half of its elevator and the guy bailed.

The damage you produce just doesn't match anything you'd expect from 4 cannons. Even with very decent shooting, instant kills are rare in the b model.

I would call that unusual. Online I tend to fly the Ki-100 more than the Ki-84 and that has two less Ho-5 cannons. But I do have quite a bit of experience flying both aircraft against a variety of opponents.

I can down a Hellcat or Corsair with the Ki-100s two cannons with a 2-3 second sustained burst from close range. A Spitfire should be a piece of cake. I can't remember the last time I shot a Spitfire with Ho-5 but the very similar Seafire goes down with maybe two or three hits (perhaps a half second burst) to the engine or a bit more to the wing roots. Heck a Spitfire will go down with a 3 second burst with Ho-103 heavy machine guns and those are mostly worse than the MG131.

I'm assuming you're a good shot but are you spreading damage across the plane or using focused bursts at vulnerable areas?