Suggesting M8 Replacement

[USRanger]

With the rate of fire of the M8, I've shot down quite a few aircraft diving on me.  Just park under a tree so they have to get low to shoot at ya, then put a slug in their face!

Oh yeah, give us the M18

[Devonai]

I'm all for more ground vehicles in AH2, but a pair of M8s working together can wreak havoc on the battlefield.  Plus, the Greyhound is still in use in some countries, which makes me jealous.

[Selino631]

a enemy tiger was camping the hanger i managed to get out in a M8 drove around fired on him took out his pintle and kept driving around him shooting  and he coundt get his gun on me, i have done this twice

[C(Sea)Bass]

I forget where it was posted on here but, there is a historical account of an M8 killing a King Tiger with 3 shots to the rear at 75 yards IIRC.

If you get close enough you can kill anything with a M8. It may take 5 or 6 shots to the rear, but it is do able. Also if you want to do it the cheap way, drive up so your turret is inside the NME tank and fire. I accidentally did that and 1 shot killed a tiger.

[Larry]

m8 killing a tiger is not BS unfortulantly I was killed by a gang of m8s in my tiger, fortunantly it was only 7 perks. that turret is just so damn slow

Why do you say that?


M8 is great to sneak up on takes and blow out thier turret. Once you do that you just sit there making them mad and after a few hits you kill them. BTW 3 or even 5 shots from an M8 are so fast that the tank wouldnt even knew what hit him.

In the early version of AHII when the woods were really thick I waited in them waiting for tanks to pass by then I would fire up and run them down. A tiger came by me and I knocked hit track out with 4 hits. By the time he started trying to turn his turret I was in first gear out running it circleing him poping him in the back of the turret. once that was out I got on the left side of him and started shooting where the driver would be. It only took about twenty rounds to finnish him off.


And like any other great upset I was called a cheater afterwards.

[DPQ5]

was just about 2 make a thread about m18. m18 much better then m8, realy should add it.

[Urchin]

I was unable to duplicate any of the claims in this thread.  Is there a particular spot on the Tiger than is vulnerable to the 37mm? 

I shot it all over, from every aspect... all the rounds bounce.  Granted, I believe this is how it should be based on armor penetration values for the gun, but I am puzzled as to how people can do what should be impossible and blow up Tigers in an M8.

[DPQ5]

yeah the back is

[5PointOh]

The M8 is a vulching machine ...till the field ack pops

[opposum]

ive killed a kingtiger with my m8 before
 

one time i was vulching with the m8 on the end of the runway, i got 24 kills and it gave me 149 perks for it, i dont know how but it did

[croduh]

I've killed whole Seventh United States Army with my old m8 once.Got 150 perks for it.Dunno how but i did

[E25280]

I was unable to duplicate any of the claims in this thread.  Is there a particular spot on the Tiger than is vulnerable to the 37mm? 

I shot it all over, from every aspect... all the rounds bounce.  Granted, I believe this is how it should be based on armor penetration values for the gun, but I am puzzled as to how people can do what should be impossible and blow up Tigers in an M8.

Point blank at 90 degrees in the rear is your best bet.  Not sure if armor degradation is modeled or a slight randomness to the penetration, but pound them enough, when close enough, they eventually go down.

Also, make sure you are not carrying a mixed ammo load.  For some reason, unlike any of the tanks, the HE is default in an M8.  This might account for some of the bounce if you were close.

Best option IMO is to go for tracking the Tiger first.  You can do this at a greater range than damaging the tank itself.  Once he is tracked, if you are smart, you can fairly easily first track the other side (so he can't pivot), and then even more easily stay out of his oh so slow turret traverse.

[ECHO44]

the m8 is still usefull, when my squad goes on vehicle missions we always have a m8 to scout the area and spot tanks for us. Yes, add the m18 but keep the m8

[10thmd]

They gotta keep it for the Early War/Specific events. They arent gonna ditch any vehicles or planes even if they are Hanger Queens.

[Furball]

How about adding something non American instead - another Russian GV perhaps?  Su-100 or ISU 152 maybe?