.303's

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Originally Posted by Flying Pencil

They are.

Brits tested the .303 on old Blens , and a good percentage of the bullets just bounced off the Al skin.

Quite a few LW bombers barely made it back to France with over 200 hits on them.

Not accurate.

The tests revealed MANY of the bullets did not penetrate the FRAME of the bomber, but it was dependent on the angle they struck. The bullets were generally effective in doing damage to engines, fuel tanks and personel who were not protected by armour.

Most of the problems with the .303's effectiveness was a function of the convergence which the RAF recommended initially, which was far to distant, and resulted in scattered results. Once pilots reduced their convergence down to 200 yards, the results were much better.

Versus the lighter frames of the 109's and Stukas, pilots found the .303's could actually saw off wings and fuselages.

[MB_Avro_UK]

In my view, the 303s are far better than in il2. But which sim is the most accurate?

[b101uk]

If you are unfamiliar with .303, they are on par with a .308 win/7.62x51mm NATO in bullet weight, velocity and energy wise, or if you not old enough to have used the above in significant quantity they fire a bullet ~2.8 times the weigh with ~2 times the energy than a more modern lighter 5.56x45mm NATO