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Offline the_spud

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« on: August 23, 2006, 10:43:45 PM »
I'm just wondering, what is your favorite plane/ammo combination for taking out tanks? I'm trying to figure out a good outfit to take up when the airbase is under gv attack or I just feel the need to flatten some tank that I see motoring along.

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« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2006, 11:29:45 PM »
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I'm just wondering, what is your favorite plane/ammo combination for taking out tanks? I'm trying to figure out a good outfit to take up when the airbase is under gv attack or I just feel the need to flatten some tank that I see motoring along.


As long as you spend some time practicing the Fw190F8 with the center line bomb and 12 rockets works great.

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« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2006, 01:48:23 AM »
I think the 109 could work too with the center bomb. Its enough ordenance in real life, not sure about the game though.

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« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2006, 02:08:05 AM »
A-20 has a large bomb load of useful bombs (8x500lb?)

IL2 is the best anti tank aircraft in game.

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« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2006, 02:38:44 AM »
C202 for me.
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« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2006, 03:18:20 AM »
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A-20 has a large bomb load of useful bombs (8x500lb?)

IL2 is the best anti tank aircraft in game.



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« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2006, 05:23:19 AM »
I use the mosquito, good climbing speed with 50% fuel (lasts 30mins) and 4x500lb (or 2x500lb and 8 rox), great bombing precision even with 1 wing bomb left (500lb can kill a tiger if droped well), and 4x20mm in the nose for flaks and M16's.

And in bonus you can defend yourself against fighters.

IL2 is very great because of its toughness and guns that can damage a pzr (good luck with hispanos) for every else aspects I prefer the mossie.
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« Reply #7 on: August 24, 2006, 05:53:11 AM »
Stuka carrying the big one
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« Reply #8 on: August 24, 2006, 06:16:19 AM »
Il2. You  can easily nail 3-6 additional panzer after dropping your bombs using the 23mm cannons.
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« Reply #9 on: August 24, 2006, 06:53:53 AM »
stuka will sure do the job but you'll need to rearm between each kill lol

the mossir can kill 4 pzrs without being once in their MG range.
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« Reply #10 on: August 24, 2006, 06:59:08 AM »
c202 can ram panzers and stay alive

infact, every plane can

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« Reply #11 on: August 24, 2006, 08:46:03 AM »
A20 with the 8x500lb loadout works best for me.  It takes a little time to climb out to a good dive bombing altitude but works real well.  Of course there's the little problem that it tends to blow up when hit.  Anyone else notice the A20 seems to either keep flying or blow up?  When I attack one I seldom just "wound" it (i.e., shooting off wingtips, setting it afire, etc), it just seems to blow up easily sort of the way the Zeke likes to burn.

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« Reply #12 on: August 24, 2006, 09:55:31 AM »
Nothing like a game of panzer plinking in a hurri 2d.



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« Reply #13 on: August 24, 2006, 10:30:14 AM »
Soooo many options.

All around, IL2 is the best in the game. Heavy armor, bombs, rockets, and they're not bad dogfighters in a pinch. There's a reason they're the #1 choice for base defense when fighter hangars are porked.

A20 is nice, but once the bombs are gone, MGs are not gonna do the job. They do feel really nice to fly though, and a good pilot can terrorize little fighters with BnZ tactics. I like to think of it as an even more massive Jug.

Stuka with the moab makes it hard to miss. Getting there can suck though. It's also the best choice for scorepotatos farming points/perks/hit% from factories. Though, to be fair, a GV in a city will give even more points/perks/hit% :)

Mossie is not bad, but not great. il2 23mm > mossie 20mm hispanos for AT role. Gets you there faster than anything else though, and, imho for an average pilot, a better chance of surviving encounters with fighters than the other options.

The ultimate solution: Lanc's with 4k/1k bombs or mostly 2k bombs. There's really no substitute for carpet bombing tank town with massive ord. They'll just spawn, you'll probably die on the way home, and you can rinse-repeat... and get nasty messages on 200 & private for being a dweeb. Then, you laugh at them.

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« Reply #14 on: August 24, 2006, 11:05:33 AM »
I prefere the 110 with 30mm, 20mm, four 50kg bombs, and two 500kg bombs.  Once bombs are gone, I use the cannons to track the tanks.  With a little skill, even a tiger can be tracked.