Current situation is kinda comedic.
A6 and A7M’s armed with 20mm Type 99 Mk2 are basically a death sentence to fight against. If they hit you once in a head-on, you’re dead. So they are forcing these head-ons like there’s no tomorrow.
Germans are dodging. Soviets are dodging 50/50, Briths are mostly dodging.
Japenese accept these and win.
If they land 1 shell - Corsair loses a wing.
If corsair lands several shells? Tough luck, RTB and repair.
It happens time and time again.
The damage on all 20mm with exception of MG151/20 is astounding.
Mg151/20 - I got hit 3 times with M-geschoss and once with some other 20mm shell, all in the wingtip, the wingtip stayed attached.
A WINGTIP.
Vs entire wing lost each time I get touched by Japanese 20mm.
EDIT: Used to be: heavily armored and armed planes push head-ons, everyone else dodges.
Nowadays: A6M5 and Spitfires happily push head-ons, as they are relatively small targets, while F4U4B or Fw 190 F8 lose more often than not as it takes longer for them to get out of the line of fire.
.50 cal armed planes are in a world of pain.
There’s more head-ons than ever since for anything armed with 20mm - at worst they will trade if they land 1-2 shells. And for a lot of players that’s ok.