De Wilde, or armor piercing?

[klem]

Originally Posted by reflected

Would it make sense to load the 2 outer pair of guns with AP and the 2 inner pairs with DW? If the AP is more useful for wings and DW is more useful for fuselage hits (fuel tanks and such), I reckon I have a better chance like this. Or should it be the other way around? does it make sense or is it better to have DW-AP-DW-AP-AP-DW-AP-DW ?

hmmmm... well, in theory if you are shooting at convergence they will all pass through the same small area at your target/aim point so it shouldn't make any difference unless you are inside convergence (and aiming a bit low to compensate) when the outer guns might hit the wings.

Assuming you are shooting at convergence you need to consider what it is you are trying to achieve. AP is good for destruction (control surfaces, possibly entire wing, etc?), bomber engines I guess or pilots/crew. Incendiary types for starting fires. Tracer incendiaries tell you where your shots are going, DeWilde (an element of incendiary) has no 'tracer' but gives a nice splash to confirm when you are on target. The RAF pilots loved DeWilde when it was introduced. So do I

[Hellbender]

I fly with 4x Red tracer Ball ammo on the 2 most outer guns ( reminds me of the P-51 in 1946) and 2x Ap and 2x DeWilde on the 4 inner guns. With the convergence setting and the wingspan of your targets the damage is horrific:

Wingspan of the targets for your gunsights:

Bf 109 32 ft
Bf 110 53 ft
Do 17 59 ft
Ju 87 45 ft
Ju 88 60 ft (a-1 version)
He 111 74 ft
BR. 20 70 ft


With the correct convergence one can easily concentrate on ripping of the wings of bombers .

[GOA_Potenz]

si soy de wilde

[ATAG_knuckles]

hey gang:

how do you set tracer so it comes out every 4th or 5th ??

also how do you set the last 50 or so to show you are almost our of ammo

what is the "residue Belt"

Denis

[jimbop]

Yes, you can set up the 'residue' belt for each gun separately. Select Residue instead of main and enter the number of rounds you want configured (in this case 50). My Main belt has one yellow tracer every five rounds at guns 1 and 8 but this changes to 1:1 red:AP in the last 50 as you can see below. Very easy to tell the difference.

I find it interesting that the guns run out at different times. This adds to the realism for me since I bet they wouldn't be perfectly timed in RL.

[ATAG_knuckles]

Cheesehawk & JimBop
Excellent info just what I was looking for

Thanks

Denis/Knucklebutt