Boring maybe but they did actually help win the battle. And think of the Challenge of trying to defeat one of the worlds (at that time) most advanced fighter aircraft with a cartridge that was originally introduced in 1889 with a BlackPowder propellant!

I hope they do have the cannon armed spitfires as well but with a historically accurate reliability and accurate handling when one of the cannons does jam.

I believe the De Wilde round was in general use in the BoB. I don't know what the belting was, I thought it was 100% De Wilde? or tracer De Wilde mixed with non-tracer De Wilde? The De Wilde round was incendiary I am pretty sure.

I'm sure some exclusively Luftwaffe fliers would prefer the RAF equipped with 4.5 mm air rifles as sandblasters to polish their paint, but that's no more realistic than fitting Spitfires with 20x 20mm cannon.

I'm sure they would have ;).

I was actually trying to stick up for the .303 round. If your doing a Battle of Britain simulation it's what the british had.

I was just trying to point out that the .303 round had quite a histoy. There is a bit of an article about the ammunition used during the Battle of Britain at http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk/BoB.htm.

Concerning the the Hispano cannons. They were apart of the Battle of Britain and they suffered from so many developmental issues that the pilots reverted back to the .303's. You're right they did not play a significant part in the Battle, but they were there. Even if they were present in a Cameo role as AI I'ld be happy.

If if was a choice between a Do17 and cannon armmed spitfires I'ld go for the Dornier any day.

Cheers!

Sure. :grin:

There are .303 rounds and there are .303 rounds:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.303_British

This is about the De Wilde, there doesn't seem to be much about that in wikipedia:

http://www.1jma.net/forum/viewtopic....2b946196b14bbf

I guess that guy is known here.

will be nice a Do 17Z fliable.

stop talk about spitfire whit 20mm in 1940, ok people!
this is not il-2 any more.- This is a more presisly simulator

Something I'd like to request even though I certainly believe it should and it will be added in SoW when it comes out... COMPATIBILITY WITH WIDESCREEN RESOLUTIONS!!! it's been my headache with IL2 for the last 2 years, it just won't allow me to see the game in widescreen format without having to stretch the whole thing. :( and changing the resolution manually on the INI file will only fot 2 black stripes by the sides.

So it will be great to have the widescreen resoltuion compatibility :)

Thanks.

Set this line in conf.ini

SaveAspect=0

I have the same problem and I have that set to 0. If I run Il2 under XP compatibility mode it works but it doesn't run as good on my PC.
DESODE

Try this as well

EnableResize=0

KG26 thank you for that piece of info, I'll try those as soon as i get home. I suppose those lines must be added in the same group of lines where the resolution is located, or there is no specific order for them?

Once again, thank you. ;)