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Originally Posted by cunnutazzo
Hartmann was on the oriental front and had to be very close to enemy plane, because they had strong armors: IL2 Sturmovik. Not only very close, but "under" their tails (no armors on the inferior surfaces). But the other german aces and normal pilots got their kills at normal distances (from about 200 to 800m). Also, they used to avoid turn fighting preferring boom&zoom tactics.
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If I recall, Hartmann only had about a dozen or so IL-2 kills out of all his 352. What Hartmann preffered was pure Boom and Zoom tactics, while getting as close to the enemy to guarantee a kill in the first burst. 800m is definately pushing it for a kill with the MG151/20, at most it would warn your enemy and allow him to escape.
So back to the topic of the 20mm U-boat cannons, I believe they are the older Oerlikon 20mm, am I correct? Which, if so would even have a shorter effective range than the MG151/20.