It seems to me that the Rate of Fire of this gun went up. I don't usually fly 109's but unless my memory fails me I remember the rate of fire as being lower on this gun than it is right now. Is this correct? If so why was the ROF changed upward? Seems high to me for such a large caliber cannon.

SB

Are you kidding? I can achieve better RoF throwing potatoes by hand...
Not to mention muzzle velocity ugh..

Right I know the muzzle velocity is low -- as it should be -- but I'm not kidding. Seems higher than it used to be. I read somewhere, maybe it was here, that it had indeed been increased due to complaining. Maybe I'm mistaken, but this gun can really toss out shells now, or so it seems to me.

SB

The MK108 rate of fire is pretty good actually, historically up to 650 rpm. The MG151/20 is 750 so is not that much of a difference.

This "seems to me" stuff means... nothing. You can measure the rof and even the projectile speed in game, it's not that hard, and come up with some hard numbers. The ballistics of the MK108 seem ok to me...

No doubt this is your ride (MK 108 equipped of course) of choice

if the mk108 shoots 650 rpm, just fly a late 109 that has 65 rounds and pull the trigger and see how long it takes to empty

it should take 6 seconds

The MK 108 had the highest rate of fire of any large calibre aircraft gun in WWII. Tony Williams says 600-650 rpm for the MK 108, while other guns range from 80 to 550 rpm.

The MK 108's weak point was low muzzle velocity, which was the third lowest of any large calibre gun. The result was a short range weapon with a very heavy punch, especially for its weight.

in the original IL2 , till some updtaes later, the MK108 had indeed a lower ROF - but thats long ago....................

From which version to which version? I'm not clear on that.

It may have been pre 4.0. But as Frankyboy points out the ROF was lower than it is now. So it was not my imagination....good....the mind is still here. Anyway, I don't fly the 109 with 30mm very often. Great gun provided you can get up close and your opponent is not doing acrobatics.

SB