Aircraft Firepower Comparator (Fighter WW2)
This program calculates a simple estimation of the effectiveness of the guns installed on a given fighter aircraft.
The calculation is made by taking into account the most fundamental aspects of a gun created with the purpose of destroying
or damaging aircraft of any size. The program accepts up to eight gunfire batteries to be calculated, thus allowing complex
layouts to be calculated. Values for Battery #1 are required, the rest are optional.
Below there is a list showing the values for many well-known historical fighter aircraft, including some heavy ones. Note that heavy and normal fighters belong to different leagues and should not be compared the ones with the others, but only among their peers. The higher the number, the higher the gun firepower installed in that aircraft.
Instant firepower accounts for how much damage the aircraft can deliver in a given moment, while logistic firepower accounts for how much ammunition the aircraft has available for each different caliber; the higher the caliber, the higher the ammunition scores for a given amount. Dates can correspond to commisionning or be posterior.
Below there is a list showing the values for many well-known historical fighter aircraft, including some heavy ones. Note that heavy and normal fighters belong to different leagues and should not be compared the ones with the others, but only among their peers. The higher the number, the higher the gun firepower installed in that aircraft.
Instant firepower accounts for how much damage the aircraft can deliver in a given moment, while logistic firepower accounts for how much ammunition the aircraft has available for each different caliber; the higher the caliber, the higher the ammunition scores for a given amount. Dates can correspond to commisionning or be posterior.
| Jet fighter Hawker Hunter (1956) Firepower (instant):  151.9Firepower (logistic):  67.9 |
| Piston heavy fighter Heinkel He-219 A-7 Uhu (1945) Firepower (instant): 72Firepower (logistic): 141.4 |
| Piston heavy fighter Messerschmitt Bf-110 G-4B R3 (1945) Firepower (instant): 56.3Firepower (logistic): 113.6 |
| Piston heavy fighter Northrop P-61B Black Widow (1944) Firepower (instant): 53.5Firepower (logistic): 107 |
| Jet fighter Messerschmitt Me-262 Schwalbe (1945) Firepower (instant): 49.6Firepower (logistic): 50.9 |
| Piston heavy fighter De Havilland Mosquito F Mk II (1941) Firepower (instant): 43.6Firepower (logistic): 65.6 |
| Jet fighter North American F-86 Sabre (1949) Firepower (instant): 40.6Firepower (logistic): 40.6 |
| Piston fighter Focke-Wulf Fw-190 A-7 (1944) Firepower (instant): 39.6Firepower (logistic): 56.6 |
| Piston fighter Supermarine Spiteful Mk XIV (1945) Firepower (instant): 39.6Firepower (logistic): 30.2 |
| Jet fighter Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (1949) Firepower (instant): 38.5Firepower (logistic): 21.9 |
| Piston fighter Republic P-47D Thunderbolt (1943) Firepower (instant): 36.1Firepower (logistic): 86.1 |
| Piston fighter Vought F4U Corsair (cannons) (1944) Firepower (instant): 35.5Firepower (logistic): 58.1 |
| Piston fighter Lavochkin La-9 (1947) Firepower (instant): 31.5Firepower (logistic): 24.9 |
| Piston fighter Fiat G.55 Centauro (1943) Firepower (instant): 29.2Firepower (logistic): 56 |
| Piston fighter Reggiane Re-2005 Sagittario (1943) Firepower (instant): 29.2Firepower (logistic): 52.3 |
| Piston fighter Focke-Wulf Ta 152 (1945) Firepower (instant): 28.1Firepower (logistic): 30.7 |
| Piston fighter Supermarine Spitfire Mk XIV (1944) Firepower (instant): 27.6Firepower (logistic): 27.7 |
| Piston fighter North American P-51D Mustang (1944) Firepower (instant): 27.1Firepower (logistic): 47.6 |
| Piston fighter Vought F4U Corsair (machine guns) (1943) Firepower (instant): 27.1Firepower (logistic): 60.8 |
| Piston heavy fighter Lockheed P-38L Lightning (1944) Firepower (instant): 26.9Firepower (logistic): 60.1 |
| Piston fighter Kawanishi N1K1-J Shiden (1944) Firepower (instant): 24.9Firepower (logistic): 35.4 |
| Piston fighter Polikarpov I-16 (Type 24) (1939) Firepower (instant): 24Firepower (logistic): 34.5 |
| Piston heavy fighter Messerschmitt Bf-110 C-4 (1937) Firepower (instant): 23.9Firepower (logistic): 70.4 |
| Piston fighter Focke-Wulf Fw-190 D-9 (1944) Firepower (instant): 23.8Firepower (logistic): 56.6 |
| Piston fighter Kawanishi N1K2-J Shiden (1944) Firepower (instant): 22.6Firepower (logistic): 56.5 |
| Piston fighter Mitsubishi J2M Raiden (1942) Firepower (instant): 22.6Firepower (logistic): 50.3 |
| Piston fighter Macchi-Castoldi Mc.205V Veltro (1943) Firepower (instant): 21.3Firepower (logistic): 51.7 |
| Piston fighter Dewoitine D.520 (1940) Firepower (instant): 20.3Firepower (logistic): 27.6 |
| Piston fighter IAR 81C (1942) Firepower (instant): 19.9Firepower (logistic): 37.8 |
| Piston fighter Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate (1943) Firepower (instant): 18.9Firepower (logistic): 36.6 |
| Piston fighter VL Myrsky (1944) Firepower (instant): 18Firepower (logistic): 25.1 |
| Piston fighter Messerschmitt Bf-109 G-6 (1943) Firepower (instant): 16.9Firepower (logistic): 36.7 |
| Piston fighter Morane-Saulnier MS.406 (1939) Firepower (instant): 15Firepower (logistic): 9.1 |
| Piston fighter Heinkel He-112 B (1937) Firepower (instant): 13.8Firepower (logistic): 17.4 |
| Piston fighter Mitsubishi A6M2 Reisen (1940) Firepower (instant): 13.6Firepower (logistic): 16.9 |
| Piston fighter Yakovlev Yak-9D (1944) Firepower (instant): 13.1Firepower (logistic): 12.6 |
| Piston fighter Polikarpov I-16 (Type 10) (1935) Firepower (instant): 12.5Firepower (logistic): 28.3 |
| Piston fighter Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 (1941) Firepower (instant): 10.8Firepower (logistic): 21.3 |
| Piston fighter Macchi-Castoldi Mc.202 Folgore (1941) Firepower (instant): 8.5Firepower (logistic): 18.9 |
| Piston fighter Hawker Hurricane Mk I (1937) Firepower (instant): 7.9Firepower (logistic): 24.9 |
| Piston fighter Fiat G.50 Freccia (1940) Firepower (instant): 5.6Firepower (logistic): 15.2 |
| Piston fighter Avia B-534 (1936) Firepower (instant): 4.4Firepower (logistic): 10.8 |
| Piston fighter Fokker D.XXI (1937) Firepower (instant): 3.3Firepower (logistic): 14.9 |