Ostwind ?

[Shade324th]

This has porbably been asked before, so sorry for the repeat if so, but I have heard that the ostwind's range is 15k.  Is this so?

[Paxil]

I read somewhere on this board that the effective range was 5000 Feet... which is about 1.6K yards.

[LLv34_Snefens]

Theoretical range is close to 3.0K yards which means about 9000 ft. Gettting the right deflection at that alt is close to impossible tho.

[Soda]

I got a kill in an Ostwind at D2.2 last night.  I chaulk it up as a fluke shot, but it was a one hit for a kill.  At that range I was basically just trying to lob shots in.

Soda

[Ripsnort]

In regards to OST's vs Tanks, forget it, by the time you get within your OST's guns range, you're dead by an average gunner in a tank. <.backslap on> I've personally hit OST's from a range of 3 miles in my Tank, while moving, for some reason I hit a moving vehicle better than a stationary one...probably because I hunt birds?  <.backslap off>

[Soda]

Rip, while I agree, for an average gunner in a panzer you only get a shot every couple of seconds.  In the Ostwind you can pound away getting range and probably land a hit before the Panzers gets a hit.  Once an Ostwind has range it can just pour out the rounds for hits and kill a panzer.

I hit Fatty (<S> Fatty, you almost surprised me) last night in an Ostwind.. ranging is not as big a deal with the rapid fire gun and once you've locked in on the range it's only a matter of time before you get the kill.

Soda