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Originally Posted by Balderz002
If we are going into historical accuracy, then they shouldve used a Mk.I Spitfire, not a cannon armed Mk.II for some of the BoB missions. They did have a few cannon armed Mk.II's, but out of the 900 odd Mk.II's produced, only around 170 were cannon armed. And the camo is wrong for them, it shouldve been brown/green top sides, not green/gray. I know why they used one though, just to keep it up with the 109E in the armament stakes.
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It wasnt for armament sake that they used the MkII, a prime example of this is the Hawker Hurricane, its armed with the .303's and if you've used it then you'll know how much damage it can do. So the MkI Spitfire would be similar (minus 2 guns).
This issue was addressed soon after the demo for IL2 was released, I do believe Anton stated that the reason they didnt use the MkI was because of resources etc. They could afford it.
Seemed an odd reason at the time. Still does. The topic for it is here on the forum somewhere.