No offense, but the fact that you might be unable to use certain aircraft properly does not mean that your observations and experiences are valid for others too. Certain US aircraft severely outperform German contemporary counterparts whilst being at lower BRs.
But:
Technically seen i would argue that you are actually correct from the perspective of the average user of US props. Their lack of climb rate does not fit into the wt meta - and their players are kids looking for instant gratification without investing time in learning anything.
So the combination of non-meta and rookie pilots drag US planes way too low as gaijin tries to equalize these 2 factors with lowering BRs. If we consider that in this thread mainly (often highly) experienced pilots expressed their concerns about overtiered GER (plus Italy) prop fighters and added concerns about way too low (some US) and generally too low (USSR with ShVak) fighters the problem is clear:
If you fly vs a experienced US pilot (same experience / skill like you) the performance gap caused by too low BRs vs US planes is simply too large. You have to wait for mistakes otherwise you are neutralized at best.
Some years ago German prop matches were flooded with good pilots - smart enough to swarm certain op vehicles like LF Mk IXs or similar threats. These days the BRs of "enemy"aircraft are way lower whilst experienced GER prop players are very rare (at least between 3.3 and 5.7).
I can’t remember having lost a single 1 vs 1 vs a 109 or 190 in the P-47 D-28 - same as with the Hellcat. And not because i suffer from Alzheimer or they were rookies - the GER pilots are handicapped by way too high BRs in the same manner as USSR players benefit from (way) too low BRs.
I mean their highest 109 is the K-4 at BR 5.7 - you beat them with the 4.7 P-47 D-28 on equal energy states. U turn better and you are faster, their main strength (energy fighting and stall fighting) does not really work if you can prophang behind & below them.
This is nonsense from 2 perspectives:
- Burst mass & damage output are only relevant if you are able to hit a target.
- Somehow the US was aware of the lower damage output and bundled multiple 0.50 cals together.
So the inability of the USAAF to develop a 20 mm cannon (or to make their own version of the HS 404 work) is not really gaijins fault. If you consider that actual combat ranges were far lower irl and the point of a cannon was to deliver maximum damage in the usually very small firing windows you might agree that 1 cannon or 6-8 0.50 cals is actually not really an issue.
As stated in another thread:
The AN/M2 0.50 cal is a great weapon in Air RB.
I have flown in the last 6 months mainly the UK P-47 and the US P-47 D-28 and the Hellcat:
- On average i need just 2 hits on a fighter and max 4-6 on a bomber
- AP-IT works great, especially at long ranges, easy to aim
The only drawback i see is a rather high inconsistency (imho dynamically adjusted RNG) of the damage output - so sometimes you score 4-5 hits and nothing happens - usually in those matches where you need to kill the enemy or you lose by tickets.