Board Thread:Game Updates/@comment-3502824-20170330044846/@comment-26574811-20170424114809

94.225.12.254 wrote: on the Ki-43, initially they were armed with 7.7mm maching guns so they were useless.

but later they were upgraded with twin 20mm cannons along with upgrades to the engine.

they had insane climbing rate very high evasion and decent firepower, but fragile construction, a (upgraded) Ki-43 would be a very good interceptor versus fighters and light attack aircraft (2 20mm's arent enough against heavy bombers tho)

statwise that should translate into mediocre AA but high evasion and ACC, also more flight range than the other interceptors. Well Zeroes are using those 20mm guns as well, so that's not the point.

The point is the 12.7mm MG used by Ki-43-II has a better effective range than the Zero's 20mm, so in dogfights 43-II would be more formidable than the Zero in medium- to long-range engagements. it also features Ma-103 explosive rounds that were so powerful that American pilots often mistake them for 20mm shells.