Hitech, possible 1.7k damage on film

[bloom25]

Here's a duplicate posting from the 1000yds = 10 football fields thread.  This film seems to show my p51 taking radiator damage from a minimum of 1.7k on my FE!

It's a long film and unfortunately the p47 that took out my radiator did not get the kill. (I don't think so at least.)  I'm also sure that the ack in the film was down when this actually occured.

longkill.zip

I'd really like to hear what the rest of you think.

It's a long film, so you might want to fast forward to near the end where the p47 is slowly catching me.  (I'm trying to drag him to friendly ground vehicles.)



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bloom25
THUNDERBIRDS

[hitech]

Need films from the shooters side bloom. Deal is we have no idea what range the shooter is seeing.

HiTech

[CavemanJ]

Here ya go HT
B17 taking down another B17 at 1500-1400yds.
Forgot I had this thing til I saw this thread.

 http://www.rivertown-computers.com/cmj/1.4kb17kill.zip

Ya gotta rename the film to 1-4kb17kill or anything w/o a . in name (cept the .ahf extension.  If ya leave it 1.4kb you'll only see 1 in the film list.

I took this one just before 1.03 came out I think.  Might've been a day or two after 1.03, but I'm pretty sure it was still 1.02.  So it might not be any help.

And before all you anti-buff-gun whiners start whining, notice how long it takes and how much ammo it takes (cept ya can't jump to the buff guns in the film).

[RAM]

LOL you kill him at 1.3K and you STILL want to unload few 50 cal rounds on him?!

Man, it takes nearly half the load of a P51 to down a single B17 at 500 yards...

So go figure at 1.4K.

[CavemanJ]

RAM there is a recorded kill at 1500-1600yds.  Made with .50s
M3s instead of the M2s that we have, which had a higher rate of fire.  But the same kind of ammunition.

For the record, I've always felt the .50s on the fighters were on the weak side, possibly as a gameplay issue to keep you luftwaffles from screaming too loudly.  I mean, they used to blow trains and boilers on smaller ships with .50s.  Trains and ships are ALOT harder targets than airframes mate.

[This message has been edited by CavemanJ (edited 08-16-2000).]

[Fishu]

I have fought also few B17 vs. B17 fights in the arena.
in 1.03 I made few kamikazing attacks low altitude from nearby field right into the bee nest.
Once I got 2 B17s diving on me from 2k higher, another blew up at 1.5k and another blew up 1.2k, I survived with minor damage.
They lost wing.
First one lost wing from the root and another lost tip of the wing. (finished him with few side MG shots as turrets were empty to behind)

Fairly good for the range