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Old 15th August 2010, 23:57
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Re: Bf 109G armament options.

Johnny, you do type a lot of words before you get to the actual question!

The simple answer (as far as that's ever possible with a Bf 109) is that there was a special designation: a Bf 109 G-6/U4, G-14/U4 or G10/U4 carried a 3 cm MK 108 instead of the 2 cm MG 151.

U stands for «Umrüst-Bausatz» or re-equipment set and denotes an equipment change built in at factory level.

Incidentally, there wasn't much point in putting an MK 108 in a G-8 since it was a dedicated reconnaissance model. If the armament was altered on that machine, it was to reduce it (commonly to a singe MG 151 and no machine guns).

There's plenty of material on Tony Williams' site (and in his books) that you'd probably find helpful.
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