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Re: ME 109g-6 u4 arnaments?
I've seen 15kph quoted as a speed penalty. Although that seems a bit low, I don't think the comparison with the P-51's tanks is close, because the tanks are considerably larger, bluffer, and not ideally mounted.
However, the penalty was less in performance terms - although climb rate did suffer because of the drag and the weight - than in handling. Having large masses outboard on the wing adds considerable inertia to aircraft movements in yaw and roll.
They were, however, carried fairly often. Whatever "fairly" may mean. The 109G was also often used as a fighter-bomber, but mainly in the East.
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