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Offline Kermit de frog

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« on: June 28, 2007, 11:28:07 AM »
I was flying an A20 with 4x500lb bombs internally and 4x500lb bombs externally.  I droped 5 on a tiger.  I saw the blast and noticed the craters created on the ground.  I hit the tiger directly each time.  I salvoed 2 and hit on both passes.  Then I salvoed 1 and had a direct hit.

Then a friendly in a tank shot at him and the enemy tiger died.  I did not even get an assist.  I have 2 films of this.  I filmed it once I noticed the enemy tiger had arrived again.  Film shows bombs hitting the ground right next to him.  I did not get the kill or even an assist on the 2nd time.  It was all in the same sortie.




In short, hitting a tiger with multiple 500lb bombs did not even get me an assist or a kill from an A20 in attack mode.

Will HTC need the film?

This happened late last night.
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Re: Bombs not working
« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2007, 01:14:36 PM »
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Originally posted by Kermit de frog
Will HTC need the film?

Yep

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« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2007, 01:28:46 PM »
Tiger under invisible tree:p
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« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2007, 04:37:09 PM »
where you too low? i've noticed that whenever i drop bombs lower than say, 600ft, they dont arm.

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« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2007, 02:01:03 AM »
i was there cause i was the tiger that killed the tiger Kermit was bombing. and neg he was not to low
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Offline Kermit de frog

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« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2007, 12:04:08 PM »
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« Reply #6 on: June 29, 2007, 12:41:37 PM »
I was there too..  One of my squadies dropped several on him too.  

Kilz, I thought you WERE the invincable tiger, that got killed by the tiger..??

I don't even drop on tigers anymore.  I have never been able to jabo a tiger.  All others I hit almost every time..
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« Reply #7 on: June 29, 2007, 12:45:35 PM »
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I don't even drop on tigers anymore.  I have never been able to jabo a tiger.  All others I hit almost every time..


Use a HurriD to make Tigers go BOOM. ;)
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« Reply #8 on: June 29, 2007, 02:26:01 PM »
I was the Tiger there. His first bombs scared me pissless because I was listening for LTAR tank engines, not A-20 hummers or bombs. I heard one land in my engine compartment and saw half of the crater for the second one in front of me as I drove. The second time, though I evaded, one bomb went into my tank and the other landed next to the engine compartment and tread, I believe.

The next sortie I believed all the drops were misses, but that may have just been on my end.

Note that I never heard the "crunch" noise that you hear when a bomb damages (and generally kills) you. All I heard were the booms.
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« Reply #9 on: July 11, 2007, 12:55:42 PM »
ooz wil you stop enticing me with you r avatar

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« Reply #10 on: July 11, 2007, 01:20:05 PM »
Will you stop hurting my IQ with your spelling abilities?
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