ORIGINAL: Dinglir
ORIGINAL: HardLuckYetAgain
Personally I just like the BF-110 because it carries a bigger punch with (2) 20mm and (4) 7.92 vs the 109's (1) 15mm & (2) 7.92. You don't have to be a nimble fighter fighting bombers, just carry a bigger BAT ;-P I'm interested to see if the fighters intercept now if this is put into action. I will be waiting to find out
I did some calcualtions based on the limited information present in the manual, where I tried to figure out the dogfighting capacity of the various planes when fighting each other. The information is in the spreadsheet I publish along with my AAR versus Hermann.
In short, I compare the flight characteristics and the gun/vrs armor characteristics to come up with an estimate of which planes are best against various opponents.
In short, the reuslt is that if an aircraft can outperform the opponent it becomes a matter of having the biggest gun.
By my calculations, the best fighters for the job of shooting down IL-4's should be the Bf-110 and (surprisingly) the Bf109 E. The Bf 109E outperforms the bombers easily, but still carries a bigger punch than the Bf109 F's. Of course, the FW 190 is just way better than anything else at this stage of the war, as it outperforms everything else and carries bigger guns than everything else as well.
If you wish to check it out for yourself, download the spreadsheet, go to the tab "Dog Fighters", select the IL-4 as a reference (assuming that's the plane Stelteck uses), select the year (41) and press the filter button in column "N". Each fighter should now have an offensive rating against the IL-4's shown, The higher the value, the better the plane should be at shooting down IL-4's.
Just a warning. I think there is some uncertainty to my numbers, as I never had the combat formula of WitE to go by, but simply the information in the manual. A lot of what I do is more or less qualified guesswork.
Of course, in case of fighter comparisons, you should also check the oppositions ability to shoot down your own aircraft.
Ya, the BF109-E has pretty much the same armament as the BF-110. I just like keeping the BF-109's at the front myself & use the BF-110's for those pesky Soviets that like to do bomber raids
