Thank you guys for providing an evidence that it is possible to shoot down SM.79 with machine guns even though it is a difficult task. We appreciate it.
Lucas, yes please put it on youtube, so we can also show to other forums if people have similar claims against SM.79.
As for Letov, yes it is very deadly. I have even put it as a remark in the 4.09 PDF Guide. It's due to high (historical) rate of fire of the MGs + their flexible mount which covers most of the rear, side and even part of the upper front of the plane. Personally, I found the past tactic to use against Letov either by killing the gunner from 6 o'clock from far distance (with a plane with MGs and good convergency) first or doing head on passes from 12 o'clock high with a plane with canons. It's a slow plane, so it's not too difficult to get to the good firing position in a fighter.
Since we did not change the accurate AI gunners from 4.08, Letov became a deadly opponent. It is an area we plan to take a much closer and detail look in the future. That's why we have released Letov with this limitation for now.
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