Aircraft recognition errors!

[Abbevilleboy]

Originally Posted by Doktorwzzerd

Great point! Cannons have much lower velocity to their fire also, so their accuracy is not as good as .303s. That was pretty much the philosophy behind American fighters being armed with the Browning .50. Also if I'm not much mistaken, and please correct if I am, the RAF used Hurricanes more for downing bombers as the Hurricaine was armed with cannons at an early stage.

That being said I agree with the OP, a game as ambitious as BoP should strive for historical accuracy, even at the expense of easier kills.

Early Hurricane I's & II's didn't have cannon either. Although there was one cannon armed Hurricane experimented with during the Battle of Britain, the cannon thing didn't catch on until the Hispano design had matured enough for them to operate properly at altitude (ie not freezing up) and with minimum vibration which was causing feed jams in the beginning.

The philosophy behind use of the Hurricane as a 'bomber killer' was that it was a more stable gun platform than the Spit and its closely grouped guns gave a more concentrated hit grouping on target - more weight of fire in a given location being more effective against well armoured targets.