CoD's 109E4 canons : overdone ?

[Sven]

I prefer to fly the E1 to be honest with you which I did in the campaign. I think cannons suck big time in Cliffs of Dover, especially in a 109 where the recoil bounces my reticle all over the place. No thanks, I'd rather place a well aimed stream of bullets directly into the cockpit/engine. Much quicker and more effective I reckon.

It could be well true that the Minengeschoss was 2x as effective. Hence the total switch-over. Being able to kill the pilot quicker is of course a logical thing, when the shell was intended to penetrate and then explode, causing much more damage where-ever it hit.