Originally posted by FuBaR
ok here is a homework assignment.
someone find out how much a pnzr,tiger,m8.etc... weighs
Then tell me if it hit a tree what would happen.
(to the poor little tree)
Depends on the tree. Saplings and any younger trees would be snapped like twigs by any of these vehicles. Anything a foot or more in diameter would be a problem to an M8, though the others, with a good clip, should atleast push them over.
Something full grown? If you somehow manage to push it over, you'd likely get your tank stuck 'high centered', and the M8 would end up in the same shape as a beer-can that came to know the business end of your boot (Translation: Squish'd real good)
As for aces high's trees? I can understand them stopping HE rounds (wood would be hard enough to trigger the round), and smaller AP rounds should get imbedded. Large caliber AP rounds, though, should blast through, with a suitable loss to total hitting power as the wood slows the round down.
Bombs are a different animal. They have those spinny fuse-thingies in the nose that blow the bomb up when they stop (usually happens when the hit the ground or something).
If they actually hit a tree, boom. Falling through the canopy? Possible boom (leaves stopping the prop). Should the trees stop the blast when it goes off? Watch any Vietnam war footage of bombs dropping into the foliage, really neat effects those tree's have in visualizing, but not actually STOPPING the shockwaves.
