P-51 vs Bf-109
Airplanes armament and equipment
4 x 20mm long-barrel Hispano-Suiza cannons in wings, 2 x 12.7mm machine guns in nose 4 x 12.7mm machine guns in wingsP-51D: 6 x .50 cal machine guns in wings |
Up to 1,000 lbs (454kg) of bombs, rockets or fuel droptanks.
1 x cannon in propeller hub
2 to 4 x 7.9mm machine guns in engine cowling or wings
2 x cannons in underwing gunpods.
External drop bombs and air-to-air rockets (later production)