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    Did anyone read the link?
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    Originally posted by luftluuver:


    A. S. Were two machine guns enough?

    N. G. Yes, more than enough. I already told you how powerful they were."[/i]



    You missed one little detail:

    A. S. Did these sights permit normal precise aiming?

    N. G. In our regiment we commenced firing at ranges of <span class="ev_code_YELLOW">70â€"50 meters</span>, <span class="ev_code_RED">when we could see the rivets</span>. One could not miss with either sight at that range.
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    Originally posted by luftluuver:
    Did anyone read the link?
    No time this morning will try later.........Simply commented on the contents of your post.
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    Originally posted by luftluuver:
    Did anyone read the link?
    I read it last week. Fascinating stuff.

    As for the .50's, I don't have any real gripes with their hitting power. Proper convergence and a steady hand will do wonders.

    One-sided recoil kick on USN planes is bogus, but Maddox has acknowledged this and claims it it will be fixed in 4.06.
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    Originally posted by luftluuver:
    N. G. Yes, more than enough. I already told you how powerful they were."[/i]

    Yes, enough for a soviet pilot.

    ...

    Because they know how to aim, they don't need to spray and pray !

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    It's interesting that this comes only a few days after a quote from Saburo Sakai was posted, in which he stated that most of his kills came from his machine guns, because he distrusted the cannons

    In the P-51B, somehow US pilots managed to get kills in Europe when two or three guns had jammed. I dunno what to say, but these things happened It was possible to shoot down Grummans with 2 7.62mm machine guns, so why's it so impopssible to shoot down a FW 190 with 2 .50s?
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    so why's it so impopssible to shoot down a FW 190 with 2 .50s?
    So why is it so impossible to damage anything with mg131?
    And btw I can shoot down a 109 with 2x.50's without much trouble, yes online...
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    When BoB brings more complex systems into the DMs, smaller caliber AP rounds will become more effective.
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    Two 50s on the P63 for example are not enough.Destruction potential same as FiatG50.Mostly because the ROF
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    Originally posted by Brain32:
    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content"> so why's it so impopssible to shoot down a FW 190 with 2 .50s?
    So why is it so impossible to damage anything with mg131?
    </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

    Dunno. Bad engineering?
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