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In my editing deambulations i am seeing that Aircraft gun "Penetration" is much less than "Anti-Armor" penetration.

If this because with Air Combat where planes doesnt have armor in mm then how this affect Anti-shipping gun attack?

I am in harmony with you: In RHS aircraft cannon penetration = 1.75 times caliber - consistent with ground weapons.
Exceptions exist - for low velocity guns - where I use half that value. After a year of testing it clearly has not upset air combat to do this.

Hmm i am not seeing in that. CVO 6.559  20mm canons have 4mm penetration for example M2B have 4mm "Penetration" 35 "Anti-Armor"

OK - there are two different values -

The penetration of armor in mm is shown in the anti-armor value

The "penetration" field is - as often is the case in WITP terminology - misleading and is NOT the penetration in mm

but the "penetration" of aircraft armor (1 = normal armor)

Thanks for clearing up that misunderstanding.

Yes that is how understood and thats reason of my question. So when attacking shipping aircrafts use "Penetration" like Naval Guns or "Anti-Armor" like against a LCU device? And shouldnt land and ship anti-aircraft guns have same limitations?

I cannot see the code. Those who can say it is often unclear how it works anyway: "After 6 to 9 months you begin to think 'I know how this routine works' - then you see something that completely changes that understanding."

But IF the code is properly done, don't worry about this. The will be using the anti-armor value - which is entirely logical as ships have (or can have) armor. If they messed up, they can fix it someday - if anyone ever figures it out and decides it is worth fixing. But we cannot proceed rationally on the assumption every possible error is built into the system!

I repeat - my assignment is "get the data right - and the code will follow" - so that is what I do.

Well putting 3 in penetration for a 20mm gun is not right
 
Btw concerning Air Canons Weight what is the propose of it?
 
So after the bomb load i have to add the gun weights? And gun amno weights?

If the code is done right - IF - then 3 in penetration probably means something like "3 inches" -

assuming the standard is 1 = 1 inch

There are virtually no aircraft with a protection rating of 3

Most are 0 or 1

I have about two special cases - maybe three (Sturmovik comes to mind) where it is 2

Penetration = 1 should mean "can penetrate armor = 1" (if die rolls are within normal range - GG LOVES die rolls)

Weight MIGHT matter for a gun listed as "EXT" - ALL EXT devices (guns, bombs, DC, torpedoes, maybe mines, drop tanks)
should add up to less than the "max load" field for the plane

Well - not quite: that is the normal case, BUT IF

a plane has drop tanks AND bombs - it is possible to exceed this value - and instead you must insure all NON drop tank devices weigh the same or less than maxload - and also that drop tanks weigh less than maxload

Wether this data is used, it is required for the plane definition to be valid and rational - and it may well be used in some situations

Anyway - I use gun weight as listed in references - and ignore the ammo - because no one has addressed it; if internal it does not matter anyway; if external we can apply it ONLY if we do so for ALL external guns in the set - to be fair. But we could do that. I am not even sure if we have any external guns?