Originally Posted by
DogTailRed2
Didn't the Me109 have 7.62 machine guns? (as well as cannon et al).
Early E and F models did have 7.92mm MG17 machine guns fitted, as did very early version of the Fw190, but by the time the USAAF started its missions in earnest in 1943, the Bf109 and Fw190 in service were all fitted with various combinations of the 13mm MG131 heavy mg, and MG151 20mm cannons.