Author Topic: Airfield 37mm "dual purpose" guns vs GV's (Read 990 times)

jaxxo · « **Reply #15 on:** March 18, 2005, 01:23:38 PM »

I put over 300 rounds into a tank with 37mm in pretty much the same spot. On 50mm armor that should be a kill everytime u would think. ( hit him in the side from bout 1.4) didnt even phase him...i got a proxy from an egg dropper finally killing him.

Lye-El · « **Reply #16 on:** March 18, 2005, 02:16:24 PM »

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Originally posted by mechanic
being knocked out one hit by 37mm is not my gripe.

its having my tail fin blow off by it then blowing up a second later.

would that happen, no.

everytime the manned ack hits a plane it blows up ala pilot hit.

Some people don't stop shooting when the airplane is broke and alot of the time more than one gun is trying to hit an aircraft. So one could get his aircraft broke and then get blown up (pilot kill) shortly afterward.

It is pretty neat to sometime see parts of a broken up aircraft go skidding past you on the ground.

Lye-El · « **Reply #17 on:** March 18, 2005, 02:21:39 PM »

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Originally posted by jaxxo
I put over 300 rounds into a tank with 37mm in pretty much the same spot. On 50mm armor that should be a kill everytime u would think. ( hit him in the side from bout 1.4) didnt even phase him...i got a proxy from an egg dropper finally killing him.

Should have been an assist if you actually hit him i.e. not impacting trees or some such.

I killed a panzer with an Osti the other night but he wasn't 1.4K out either. I think I hit him between 15 and 25 times. Was it a Tiger perhaps?

JeffATC · « **Reply #18 on:** March 18, 2005, 02:24:51 PM »

Yesterday I killed a CV and a cruiser that were just offshore attacking my Rook base with the 37mm manned field ack. Neither one had taken damage before I started firing on them. All FH's were down, VH was down, only one or two friendly fighters were up, and there were a swarm of enemies (I forget which country though). After the CV went down, the FH's popped, the friendlies upped, and that was the end of it. I still can't believe no one strafed down the field ack considering how many enemy aircraft were there. FEAR THE FIELD ACK!!!!!!

Don · « **Reply #19 on:** March 19, 2005, 10:13:17 AM »

A 37mm should not be able to kill a CV or a Cruiser or even a DD. Now it is possible to disable a Tiger with a 37mm if you hit it in the right place at an effective distance (600 or closer); the Tiger was damned near invincible but not completely. It is possible to shoot it's tracks off or, if scoring mutiple hits on the rear, you can blow it up; it's rear area where the engine and fuel were is extremely vulnerable.
For those who don't like the notion of field acks or their efficiency, then I suppose you prolly shouldn't be able to fly in over a base with huge numbers at 25k, scream down in a dive, and swarm it for the capture. A base is set up for defense and offense, a set of 37mm guns is not an effective way to defend a base, nor is a seaside base (on some maps) without 5 inch or 8 inch guns an effective way to defend a base. A massive GV attack should be a risky venture, with more (not less) ground assets availabe to counter the attack but, we don't have that; what we have, is what we have. If you are attacking a base in either a GV or an aircraft, perhaps a bit more respect of the ground defensive weapons would be in order; that way you may not be shot down by them (manned or unmanned).

JeffATC · « **Reply #20 on:** March 19, 2005, 02:22:30 PM »

Yeah, I admit it was unrealistic, but it was still rather humorous. It took quite a while though, about 400 rounds to kill the CV. It was a lot less for the cruiser though, I'd say 150-200. I thought they were going to run the ships aground, being as close as they were to the beach. The base didn't have any shore batteries (although you'd think it would), and the field ack was about the only thing up at the time, so I made do with what was available.