weapons firepower

[IceFire]

Originally Posted by Notorious M.i.G.

I've never had much luck killing stuff with MG131s alone personally, but the other .50s work just fine (especially the UB, which is a scary piece of work). Even the 2 Brownings in the P-39Q-10 can cause a lot of hurt on their own.

Funnily enough, with just the smoketrails and custom sounds from 4.12 my confidence in killing stuff with the .50s has soared. Previously the American setup of wing mounted .50s were a bit hit-and-miss (literally) for me, but I've suddenly had a huge jump in accuracy and overall lethality since the patch.

Even the MG131s and the Ho103 can be used to really put the hurt on. You need a little more specific aim to say the engine or a fuel tank to really put the hurt on quickly but a Ki-61 with four of them for example can make one pass and cripple a P-40 or P-39 and seriously damage a Corsair or Hellcat. The Browning .50cals or the Berezin UB are the stars... as you say even two .50cals in the P-39s nose are absolutely deadly.