User blog comment:Leader1623/Best singled engined bombers of WWII/@comment-27015223-20151105221401/@comment-27797576-20151106000135

Hey, Oi, bombs and rockets are more useful than more machine guns in the long run. And the B7 has none of the above. Also, outurning the hellcat isn't hard. Most japanese anything can outurn a hellcat(espially stuff used for home defence). In fact, the Zero could outurn the hellcat if it had a skilled pilot(which was lackluster in the later parts of the war). The Hellcat isn't supposed to engage in a turning fight, EVER. Also Oi, being able to survive dive bombing =/= it has good duribility to machine gun fire, it only means it's good at taking G-forces, and HOW IS MACHINE GUN FIRE RELATED TO THAT? It's not. In fact, quite the oppisite. It actually makes it even worse, as machine gun fire and/or AA cannon fire will destroy the structural integrity very, very easily. Also, most dive bombers were capable of carrying torpedos, so it's not unique. The Hellcat, A FIGHTER, can mount torpedos or bombs, plus 2 20mm auto cannons and 8 rockets. And many aircraft had similar engine power(the hellcat and Corsair had 2000hp engines). And even with japanese having air superiority, they still wouldn't do much without well trained crews, because US AA tends to be in massive swarms when present, making ground attack without armor rather ineffective.