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Upgrading Aircraft Weapons

Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 12:04 pm
by Dili
If an aircraft upgrades IRL from 2x12.7 to 4x12.7 will it work if i put 2x12.7 and 2x12.7(this one operative from 10/1943) ?

RE: Upgrading Aircraft Weapons

Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2014 6:49 pm
by JeffroK
To clarify, you want to create an aircraft with 2 weapon types, one is only available from 10/43??

Shouldn't be a problem, especially if there is a mix of fuselage & wing mounted MG's.

However, what effect would doubling the gun and ammo weights do the the aircraft speed and maneuverability??
This would usually be covered by upgrading to e new aircraft model.

Your approach could be interesting with squadrons made up of a mixture of 2 gun & 4 gun aircraft!

RE: Upgrading Aircraft Weapons

Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 4:26 pm
by Dili
Correct. Good point about the aircraft performance, it is indeed a problem for fighters, while not much for bombers if it is just 2 machine guns.

If the machine guns just start to work after a certain date i don't think a squadron can have a mixture of 2 and 4 gun aircraft. All planes will have 4 machine guns from that date on.