22.03.2008, 10:34
Carnagexxx Wrote:Aha
I thougt the E3 was the most used LW fighter in the BoB, thought the E4 arrived just weeks after the BoB
Well as you know the only major difference between the two was the new Minengeschoss for the MG-FF.
There were other adjustments made like the new armored canopy but both changes were pretty much done in the field.
So the shift from E-3 to E-4 was made rather quickly in late spring 1940.
At his time you could have any kind of combination in the squadrons.
Like an Emil using the old "greenhouse" canopy but with MG-FF/M cannons.
The E-1 was still in service in large numbers because the conversion from MG-17s to MG-FFs had to be done at Messerschmitt.