The poll list may not be complete, and does not include every variant of a gun (e.g. DEFA variants).
I think the worst gun has to be DEFA series. With low accuracy, low velocity, and fire rate, along with low ammo count means they are beaten by other nation guns in PVE and PVP, especially in head on. Every duel in my mirage and kfir keeps me on the edge of my seat
The second worst gun might be NR30. It’s not that bad of a gun by itself, but it is almost always mounted onto low ammo platform like MiG-21F-13
Third worst may be Gsh-23, due to its low ammo count and low damage. It is however very accurate, and can win many head ons. Might swappable with ADEN, but I haven’t played with ADEN much
You forgot about the 23mm Type 23-2K cannons of the Q-5A and L, which for some reason are 10.0 in Air RB now. These have slow muzzle velocity and probably the worst damage of any cannon at its tier.
Also, I have no idea why you said 30mm DEFAs are the worst. The damage is great and they are decent overall. First place for terrible cannon at high tier undoubtedly goes to GSh-23; it is similar to a water gun and has a very high dispersion and low range. Exactly the opposite of “very accurate”, you must have mistaken it with another cannon.
The 23mms found on the Q-5s are definitely the worst IMO, but you didn’t include those. But I think the BK-27s and the Chinese variant of the NR30s are the worst to use. The BK-27s don’t feel right, and the Chinese ones have worse belts than the Russian NR30s.
First of all, I just can’t understand why you call every ‘rotary cannon’ a minigun.
Calling the GAU-8 a ‘minigun’ is wild.
Secondly,
I don’t think both ADEN/DEFA are that bad unless you are using it on SHAR FA2
And it is quite silly that you underestimating DEFA and overestimating ADEN at the same time, as long as both are quite similar.
ADENs (in my experience) are the worst guns I’ve ever used. Seeing the BK27 up there is interesting, I really like the thing, the damage is the only downside. ADENs/DEFA 552s are identical, 553/554s are better than the ADENs (velocity and fire rate) GsH 23 is fair, the thing is a waterpistol but most of the time it hits good. M61 is interesting, thats argueably top tier’s best gun
Can someone please explain to me why people hate the BK27? I love it. Fast firerate, easy to aim, good damage output, high penetration for ground targets and it has a cool name
I chose the NR30 (It’s atrociously bad) but after that I’d go for the ADEN/DEFAs because they’re difficult to aim for me personally (the reason I hate the NR30)
I typed it on a mobile device. [Minigun] fits small screens better than [Rotary Cannon] and [Rot. Can] is confusing. Everyone knows what a minigun is, even if it may only relate to the specific 7.62 M134 irl
I don’t mind the NR 30 to be honest, the only issue is that the planes that use it often have very little ammo. The BK27 is hated probably due to its lack of ammo and pretty bad damage output. The ballistics are very nice tho
They also tend to be bricks I suppose, except the MiG-19 but I do horribly in that due to the NR30s I just can’t aim them.
I personally love the damage, maybe it’s because I use stealth belts? I’m not sure, but I’ve always loved the BK27, the high volume of fire has won me many engagements in both the JAS-39C and the Tornados
My theory is that because how common and accessible it is (Tornado IDS). Unfortunately, the tornado series are horrible gunfighters. Also, the other planes that mount them, like EFT, while being decent fighters, guns are less relevant at the tier.
That makes sense, however I love intercepting in the Tornado then running away. Play it like an F-104 and the guns are just perfect. They vomit out shells which tear through everything. Especially the IDS variants with the twin cannons.
Using it on the Mirage III and kfir is a big risk move. It will even easily lose head on duels to F-4C (a clown plane flown by inexperienced players), you can literally see the tracers flying around the target and hoping at least one shell connects.
Yeah its really funny. I consider the 30mm ADEN one of the hardest (if not the hardest) guns to use on the British TT but consider the 25mm ADEN the best
Was playing the T10 yesterday and absolutely destroyed an F-4 that did a quick pass in front of my nose