Request ME 262 50mm

[Stummyhurt 18]

Hello I would like to request the addition of this me262 variant seen at 6.13 in this video. 50mm cannon would be fun. please add this if you can   

 

[LukeFF 5300]

Not gonna happen. 2 prototype planes don't make for something that should be added. 

[JG51_Beazil 382]

Nice to have, but probably more trouble than it's worth in terms of development and for server admins.  Plus Luke holds the main reason over my head like a sign, or post, or something. 

[US63_SpadLivesMatter 753]

Nah, to be considered it needs to have appeared on a minimum of 22 LaGGs.

[357th_Dog 208]

1 hour ago, Stummyhurt said:

Hello I would like to request the addition of this me262 variant seen at 6.13 in this video. 50mm cannon would be fun. please add this if you can   

 

So you can shoot down all the non-existent USAAF heavies? 

[Rjel 1397]

He did say please....

[Semor76 503]

56 minutes ago, 357th_Dog said:

So you can shoot down all the non-existent USAAF heavies? 

Or the gigantic formations of 6-8 B-25´s....

[Rolling_Thunder 460]

I often think that the folk who ask for these mega cannons are over compensating for something.

[CrazyDuck 529]

I can't imagine how a single 50 mm cannon could be more effective than a quartet of Mk 108s. Yes it would have longer range, but probability of a direct hit at distances above 600 m makes this like shooting a sniper rifle from the back of a galloping horse towards another one half a mile away. And not to even start about ammo-count. 360× 30mm shells vs what... 20× 50mm?

[Bullets 426]

12 hours ago, LukeFF said:

Not gonna happen. 2 prototype planes don't make for something that should be added. 

 

“Screams in Italian”  

 

[Haza 757]

12 hours ago, Rolling_Thunder said:

I often think that the folk who ask for these mega cannons are over compensating for something.

 

Yeah, VVS aircraft!

[LukeFF 5300]

10 hours ago, Bullets said:

"Screams in Italian”  

 

Different management, different development philosophy. 

[Bullets 426]

44 minutes ago, LukeFF said:

 

Different management, different development philosophy. 

Was a jovial jest Luke.

 

[-=PHX=-SuperEtendard 997]

11 hours ago, CrazyDuck said:

I can't imagine how a single 50 mm cannon could be more effective than a quartet of Mk 108s. Yes it would have longer range, but probability of a direct hit at distances above 600 m makes this like shooting a sniper rifle from the back of a galloping horse towards another one half a mile away. And not to even start about ammo-count. 360× 30mm shells vs what... 20× 50mm?

With a gyroscopic sight and a still target it could work, if you mantain a shallow angle approach to it. The high velocity and good accuracy of the cannon also helps to diminish the error of the gyro sight (ballistic drop and the time it takes the bullet to reach the target).

Afaik the Me 410s using the 50mm had telescopic sights, so if the gun is set to a 700 meters convergence or so you could just park at the 6 o clock of the bomber at that distance, hold still and fire, at such distances the gun wouldn't have trouble hitting a target the size of a heavy bomber, it comes from the Pz III's KwK 39.

Edited September 17, 2019 by -=PHX=-SuperEtendard