Durability of aircraft to MG (< 8mm) guns

[Sven]

Originally Posted by Chivas

I agree it will be much more interesting fighting in the Cliffs of Dover.

I've used the MK108 alot in the sim and it definitely does considerable damage, but I've seen many aircraft in the sim take several MK108's or other cannons and keep fighting. The smaller calibers can also be very devastating too when you fire at your convergence setting. I find most sim pilots are not very good shots and some don't completely understand convergence or deflection shooting.

It's a real matter of luck I've noticed, some times they just absorb the 30mm rounds like nothing happend, other times they explode on the first hit, also deflection shooting really increases that chance of a 1 hit kill.