Author Topic: Sharpnel from shelling works well now (Read 336 times)

Ripsnort · « **on:** May 25, 2001, 10:37:00 AM »

Had a tank parked near an airfield, trying to take out acks, after acks were down, IL's started spawning, as they raced down the runways, I placed HE shells just near them, no direct hits. Got 7 kills that way. Seems the sharpnel modeling is working now.

mason22 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 25, 2001, 12:32:00 PM »

<S> Rip! Ya, missed me, ya missed me, na na na na naaaaa naaaaaa...

rip, and i exchanged a few blows last night in the MA. I was at a field (can't remember which one) and saw m3s and c47s approaching. After wasting them in my ostdweebster-ride, i think i took down a IL2 (was ripsnort i think) also. Heh, then mr Ripster jumps in his little panzy tank and starts shellin the place...me included. touche' rip!

anyhow, what rip said about the shrapnel. kewl stuff.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #2 on:** May 25, 2001, 12:49:00 PM »

Yes! Great time last night Mason!

Never thought I'd say this, but I think the combination of no external GV views, smoking turrets, HE bursts that NOW work, hit sprites that show riccochets(sp), all of them combined have made this sim much more enjoyable!

JimBear · « **Reply #3 on:** May 25, 2001, 12:52:00 PM »

HE Dweeb!

Ripsnort · « **Reply #4 on:** May 25, 2001, 01:07:00 PM »

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Originally posted by JimBear:
HE Dweeb!

Maybe SHE dweeb! (Sharpnel, High Explosive)

Jigster · « **Reply #5 on:** May 25, 2001, 03:56:00 PM »

Interesting how HE shells riccochet off armored vehicles.

Tuomio · « **Reply #6 on:** May 25, 2001, 04:18:00 PM »

Yeah its much more fun to command the panzer from its AA gunner position, since you cant see anything from the drivers seat.
And no more those osties working as a howizer , since they cant no longer look from birds eye perspective, where are their shells hitting.

<S> to hitech, this is just a perfect update!

bloom25 · « **Reply #7 on:** May 25, 2001, 06:55:00 PM »

Last night I was in an Lvt4 attacking base 7. There was a panzer 400 yds away from me that one of our planes had obviously killed the gun on. I kept shooting HE rounds and watched every single one of them bouncing off. Panzers sure just got a lot more difficult to kill. (That's a good thing IMO.)

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Jigster · « **Reply #8 on:** May 26, 2001, 01:43:00 PM »

Yes, especially consider that 75mm M1A1 and M3 variant howitzers explode on impact.

I had hope we'd get some of the M1A1 PH's HEAT rounds. The LVT4's that did some of the river crossings upon entering Germany occasionally carried them, just as the M8 HMC carried them when it was the basic infantry support vehicle before the Sherman 105. They use the same turrent and all...