P-51 Combat Tips and Tricks ( Dogfight Guide )

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Originally Posted by JG27_PapaFly

It's similar to the FW190, but less rewarding. A good energy figher must be able to kill in one pass. The Tempest seems more popular and much more succesful compared to the P51. IMO 4 20mm canons would have been better for the P51. When I fly red I prefer to boom and zoom in Spits, they're great at that!

Fw-190 does not kill, it annihilates in one pass. Mustang on other side, cripples.

Tempests weaponry is second only to 190. But if you do hit in the convergence sweet spot that 190 will turn to dust the same way as most 190 targets do. Not the case with P-51. You will at best deprive your target of a wing and more often set it on fire.

That is why victories with P-51 are so much more rewarding, to me at least.