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Old 03-15-2014, 05:58 AM
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Originally Posted by The_WOZ View Post
I fly the Ju-88 a lot and the main problem I find is the MG-81 range is too small compared to the turret MGs on allied planes.
That's the difference between 12.7/.50 caliber and 7.62 mm/.30 caliber guns.

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(But AI gunners still open fire when the enemy is at 1500m like in other bombers)
I haven't encountered this, not even for rookie gunners. Typically, rookie gunners will make a short burst at about 500 m, then stop until you get to about 300 m.

Given the huge number of Ju-88 variants, a "fix" that would both make the Ju-88A more effective and which would work around the problem that the rear gunner can't man both guns would be to introduce a version that has a single window with a twin MG 81 mounted in it.
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