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spitfire: spn of 11,2 meters, 6 guns, but can only cary a 230kg bomb (razor equivalent)
And indeed a bomber with only 3 forwardfiring guns would be a good plan in my oppinion
(and a mustang was ble o cary 2 500lb bombs (1000lb in total)
A P-51 could carry two 1000lb bombs
A spitfire could carry two 250lb bombs (and had either 8 guns or 4 guns two cannons)
Dive bombers weren't bombers, they were a designation now called attack aircraft, a fighter like craft that had a primarily air to ground role. Most dive bombers didn't have more ordinance than a fighter.
When you start putting the SN on a ship instead of a mini torp, that's a magnitude increase, that's basically going from external mounted bombs, like fighters carry, to a bomb bay, like a bomber has.
That's when the size doubles and the handling goes to crap compared to a fighter.