Spit ammo

[muehlema]

Hi

 

Over the past weeks I have been flying with my Spitfire. I tried several missions but in the end flying on the Blue side with the Spit is not half as fun as flying on the Red side with The BF109.

 

Why? Well, it looks like the Spit runs our of rounds twice as fast as the Bf109.

 

I maybe shoot down one or two Stukas, then back to base for replenishing the ammo. Which leads to a mission fail, as the second wave of Stukas will be able to hit the radar before I make it back in the air.

 

With the Bf109 I get the 4 spit and still got ammo left.

 

Is this just my impression or does the Spitfire have less ammo?

[razo+r]

Hi

 

Over the past weeks I have been flying with my Spitfire. I tried several missions but in the end flying on the Blue side with the Spit is not half as fun as flying on the Red side with The BF109.

 

Why? Well, it looks like the Spit runs our of rounds twice as fast as the Bf109.

 

I maybe shoot down one or two Stukas, then back to base for replenishing the ammo. Which leads to a mission fail, as the second wave of Stukas will be able to hit the radar before I make it back in the air.

 

With the Bf109 I get the 4 spit and still got ammo left.

 

Is this just my impression or does the Spitfire have less ammo?

 

Spit has about 350 rounds per gun (if i'm not mistaken) and 120 per cannon, the 109 has 300 per gun and 65 for the cannon.

 

Make sure you actually hit the target at a distance, as the convergence can "half" the damage you do if you are too close.

Edited March 23, 2018 by razo+r

[philstyle]

Why? Well, it looks like the Spit runs our of rounds twice as fast as the Bf109.

 

 

 

I don't understand why you need to speculate about this.

It would take about 5 minutes to actually demonstrate how quickly each aircraft uses up its ammunition in a continuous burst.

[gavagai]

The 109 has the shorter clip. Both the 109K and Mk IX are heavily armed, and the Mk IX's high velocity 20mm should be more practical for shooting down fighters, but the Mk IX is really hurt by the poor visibility over the nose.

 

It's hard to hit what you can't see.