Author Topic: NO more GVs in the CT until ... (Read 563 times)

Arlo · « **on:** June 25, 2004, 12:02:18 AM »

... the Shermie is modeled.

Besides ... GVs disappear as soon as you pass max object visual range apparently. Even in the wide open. Completely invisible ... icon or no. 1500 feet off the deck.

I pickled the ord and said fuggit. There were a few opponents still dogfighting afterall.

B17Skull12 · « **Reply #1 on:** June 25, 2004, 12:50:40 AM »

who ya talkin about arlo?

Grits · « **Reply #2 on:** June 25, 2004, 01:13:23 AM »

"I'd like a Ronson Lighter please."

"we are all out of lighters, how about that Sherman out back?"

"Does it light easily?"

"Heck yeah it does!! All you have to do is shoot it with a .303 rifle bullet and it goes up like the 4th of July!"

"well...its kinda bulky for a lighter, but if thats all you got, I'll take it."

Reschke · « **Reply #3 on:** June 25, 2004, 08:33:54 AM »

"Hey bartender how about those Zippo's you keep for us Squadron CO's you got any of those laying around I can light my cigar with?"

Arlo · « **Reply #4 on:** June 25, 2004, 12:35:58 PM »

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Originally posted by Grits

"I'd like a Ronson Lighter please."

"we are all out of lighters, how about that Sherman out back?"

"Does it light easily?"

"Heck yeah it does!! All you have to do is shoot it with a .303 rifle bullet and it goes up like the 4th of July!"

"well...its kinda bulky for a lighter, but if thats all you got, I'll take it."

Yeah .... what the hell was I thinking. An Amureekin tank in Aces High?!

Grits · « **Reply #5 on:** June 25, 2004, 01:20:41 PM »

This is all conjecture at this point since we dont have one, but I suspect that the M8 will be more useful, and more used, than the M4A3 would. Mind you, I am not against having one, I think it would be great but I think its performance would be similar to the LVT4 if it had an AP round, IE, not all that great. The M4A8 with the 76mm might be an OK addition but the armor (even uparmored) is pretty pathetic.

Dennis · « **Reply #6 on:** June 25, 2004, 02:25:27 PM »

So what if it's a firetrap?
So what if it's underarmored?

(Two characteristics that also describe the zeke, btw, which holds its own in a fight)

It was the MBT of the U.S. Army during WW2, wasn't it? Seems like it ought to be in the sim if a ground war is going to be modeled at all. Same goes for the T-34.

I don't care if they go unused in the MA because the PzKpfw IV and Tiger are "better" for whatever reason. In the CT we need historical counterparts. German vs German is just gamey, imo.

Regarding seeing them from the air from reasonable distances, I think there's a new vis setting that can be mapped to help in that regard. Haven't tried it, 'cuz I couldn't care less about a2g in AH.

One thing does bug me about ground warfare in AHII ... AP rounds appear to be unable to penetrate the new buildings and trees -- at least in my limited experience, they explode on contact. An LVT hides behind a clump of bushes (not the big stands of trees) and you can't hit him with a panzer. That seems porked to me.

Splash1

Rafe35 · « **Reply #7 on:** June 25, 2004, 02:25:30 PM »

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Originally posted by Grits
This is all conjecture at this point since we dont have one, but I suspect that the M8 will be more useful, and more used, than the M4A3 would. Mind you, I am not against having one, I think it would be great but I think its performance would be similar to the LVT4 if it had an AP round, IE, not all that great. The M4A8 with the 76mm might be an OK addition but the armor (even uparmored) is pretty pathetic.

M8 Tank don't look like a real tank and we all want M4A Sherman Tank or Arlo will hang you

Grits · « **Reply #8 on:** June 25, 2004, 02:49:44 PM »

I agree with everything you said Splash1, Im not against getting the M4, quite the contrary, I think we need it, I just think the M4A8 is the best choice over the more common M4A3.

B17Skull12 · « **Reply #9 on:** June 25, 2004, 03:42:29 PM »

hell i bet i could get 2 or 3 kills as it is now in the M8 before i die.

but i do want a shermie so i can make swiss cheese out of it with my tiger:D

Arlo · « **Reply #10 on:** June 25, 2004, 04:56:09 PM »

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Originally posted by B17Skull12

but i do want a shermie so i can make swiss cheese out of it with my tiger:D

Eh ... you're a barn burner, at best, in a tank. Nobody was as impressed with you as you were last night.

TheBug · « **Reply #11 on:** June 25, 2004, 06:33:25 PM »

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Originally posted by Arlo
Eh ... you're a barn burner, at best, in a tank. Nobody was as impressed with you as you were last night.

And for skull how is that any different from any other night?

B17Skull12 · « **Reply #12 on:** June 25, 2004, 08:27:05 PM »

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Originally posted by TheBug
And for skull how is that any different from any other night?

i accutally fly on other nights?

B17Skull12 · « **Reply #13 on:** June 25, 2004, 08:27:39 PM »

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Originally posted by Arlo
Eh ... you're a barn burner, at best, in a tank. Nobody was as impressed with you as you were last night.

hehe it was fun:D