Best belts for Hispano Mk2 and 7.7 browning?

[nurru47]

Could anybody please advise me on this?

[Amenogun]

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Are air target rounds visible?

No they are not. Air target rounds are basically what you use to tear the wings off of planes, while stealth belts are what you use to deal with bombers which have much stronger airframes and therefor can be a bit harder to kill with air target belts.

Wow ive been using stealth on my hispanos...

[Lain]

I use air targets and stealth. With this you basically have a stealth setup since the air targets don't show up, use this in your spitfire and enjoy as planes die in a quick burst.

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No they are not. Air target rounds are basically what you use to tear the wings off of planes, while stealth belts are what you use to deal with bombers which have much stronger airframes and therefor can be a bit harder to kill with air target belts.

Wow ive been using stealth on my hispanos...

Always go for the belts with all/the most HEF or HEI or HE whatever, HE is best against planes since think about this.

Most planes don't have very durable airframes, so hitting them with a 20mm high explosive shell? That's like putting C4 against a door, it's not gonna survive. Hispanos in particular are very good with the air targets since they have lots of high explosive. Another good 20mm cannon is the MG151, with the minengeschoss (air targets) shells, and those can absolutely rape planes, look at the G.55 Serie 1 and later Fw 190s for example.

So to conclude, if there's an air targets belt, it's usually the best belt for the plane as far as air combat, but usually the stealth belt offers the same ammo type but without the tracer on it.

[Amenogun]

only my 4.3 spit has the air target option do i leave stealth on the others?

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only my 4.3 spit has the air target option do i leave stealth on the others?

For the Spitfire Mk IIb use the stealth ammo on the 20mm, for the rest of the Spitfire line, use air targets.

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only my 4.3 spit has the air target option do i leave stealth on the others?

For the Spitfire Mk IIb use the stealth ammo on the 20mm, for the rest of the Spitfire line, use air targets.

ok thanks

[Scheneighnay]

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"stronger air frames" have absolutely nothing to do with the AP in the stealth belts. AP continues to travel through the airframe and does nothing in particular.
HEF blasts it apart wherever it hits and the fragments catch crew members.

Let me rephrase that. The additional AP from my experience has been muhc more effective at destroying engines and getting easy pilot snipes on bombers than air target rounds have been. Maybe that is just me but it seems like that is true.

They'll destroy engines better, but it'll only help pilot snipe on the handful of bombers with halfway decent armor to contend with.