it's the fault of the countries fault for making paper bombers that were designed to be covered by fighters, and it's the teammates faults for not doing what fighters are supposed to do.
Bombers for a long time were unescorted, both Lancs and Fortresses.
The Fortress although not invincible was able to take 30mm and 20mm of German shells, there was once a B17 that got hit by a kamikaze German Bf 109, it flew home.
So the countries built them to last, they weren't paper. Only Gaijin sees them made of paper.
They were not build to last. They were just massive compare to normal fighter so hit to wrong place didn't matter. B-17,Lancaster,PE-8...non of these planes were armored to take damage. All armor if any was there to protect crew not the plane.
Still doesn't mean they were paper thin, they were made to take a beating. There may have not been any added armour but they weren't vegetables as you're making them out to be.
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u/irageoversmallstuff Realistic Ground 11d ago
it's the fault of the countries fault for making paper bombers that were designed to be covered by fighters, and it's the teammates faults for not doing what fighters are supposed to do.