Paied adon FM revision 2.0

[nearmiss]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

The original post is about FM changes for 4.09, not SOW.


As to RAF combat effectiveness in SOW:BoB, much will depend on a more detailed DM then we currently have in '46. One that will allow a more accurate portrayal of machine gun damage.

It's gonna take something, that is sure. I do the BOB II WOV and it's not a walk in the park with the .303's.

Also, the original posting was rather ???

So, we've diverted abit. This is a forums, where "loose lips sink ships".

[ElAurens]

[MOH_Hirth]

The letality guns need revision too, we can help with $ and searh about letality shells HE.


http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk/WW2guneffect.htm

http://members.tele2.nl/harmstolk/gunpower.htm

[*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...