Paied adon FM revision 2.0

[*Buzzsaw*]

Salute

Let's not forget accuracy.

The MG/FF 20mm that the 109E3's were equipped with was a low velocity weapon, very inaccurate, far less easy to hit with than a .303. This is not the same weapon that equipped the later model F,G and K, the MG 151/20, which had a much higher muzzle velocity. The MG/FF also had 60 rounds per gun, only about 7 seconds of fire

The MG/FF was a good weapon for taking down a non maneuvering bomber, but a hard maneuvering fighter? No.

A number of German pilots who flew in the BoB said they thought the RAF aircraft were equipped with better guns against fighters.

So we have the curious situation of a British Fighter force, equipped with weapons better suited to take down fighters, primarily tasked to attack bombers, while on the German side, we have aircraft with weapons which are better to take down bombers, primarily tasked to attack fighters...