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For those interested, check out this training film for B-17 gunners voiced by Mel Blanc, better known for his role as Bugs Bunny.

https://youtu.be/vtgAyGa79F8

I wonder how accurate they'll keep the shooting mechanics. As a casual player, I never would have thought to aim three crosshairs to the side of a Messerschmitt coming side-on.

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A "lead indicator" is a standard feature of most games even remotely similar to a fighter sim. You get a box on the HUD that tells you where to shoot to guarantee a hit if the target won't change its velocity vector in between you firing and the projectile reaching it.

I assume the same thing exists on real combat planes now.

(Of course these are next to useless in space combat sims, as in most games ships maneuver like fighter planes with zero inertia. They're also useless in real air combat these days, as everything is done with missiles from beyond visual range. But sure looked nice on Top Gun.)

You might find this video on the use of a late-war Gyro gunsight interesting too, then.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DREz7qI8xRk

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