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Offline RTHolmes

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Re: Which fighter is best for killing heavy bombers?
« Reply #15 on: June 05, 2008, 06:58:54 AM »
F4Us are good, any P47 with 8x.50s is devastating. just make sure you're doing 400+ on each pass, aim for the wing root or inner engine and you're golden :aok oh and patience is the key - rush it and your closure speed will be too low and you will get pinged.
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Re: Which fighter is best for killing heavy bombers?
« Reply #16 on: June 05, 2008, 07:01:15 AM »
190A8 packs a punch, and is reasonably fast, and no radiator, as well as very good roll rate.
The Hizookas are also very good, so Tiffy/Tempest, but you tend to get hit in the radiator. But the Chog...well...;)
If you wanna go heavy from a long range, try the mossie or the 110.
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Re: Which fighter is best for killing heavy bombers?
« Reply #17 on: June 05, 2008, 07:30:10 AM »
Too bad the Pratt&Whitney, and come to think of it, BMW radials modeled in AHII are apparently made of paper-mache, otherwise C-Hog and Jug would be the two best "already there, might as well kill some buffs" interceptors in the game at higher-alts, although they are certainly not short-notice quick climbers.

Don't forget the Mossi (low alts) and P-38 (higher alts). If time constraints mean you absolutely must do the tail-chase attack, then centerline firepower and team work can give a marginal chance of one of you landing telling hits.
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Re: Which fighter is best for killing heavy bombers?
« Reply #18 on: June 05, 2008, 09:13:14 AM »
If your aim sucks:
Dora
152
262 (third because you have less time to set up the shot)

If you can shoot the 30mm jack hammers:
262
152
Dora

Be patient with the two FW's and wait till you can manage at least 400-450mph in a diving attack (if you're not there already in the 262, then you deserve to die). I try to target the inner engine/wing root while pulling some health alpha. Then pass under your victim. He should be burning by then. :aok Plan on losing the radiator in the FW's, so you better know how to limp/glide home.

Be advised, some guys take this personal, and will chase you back to your base if you're crippled. Nothing sucks more than having a B-17 on your 6 and having to sacrifice all your E and ditch (or worse) to avoid him. :D
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Re: Which fighter is best for killing heavy bombers?
« Reply #19 on: June 05, 2008, 09:15:24 AM »
Quote from: Cthulhu on June 05, 2008, 09:13:14 AM

If you can shoot the 30mm jack hammers:
262
152
Dora

Dora has no 30mm.
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Re: Which fighter is best for killing heavy bombers?
« Reply #20 on: June 05, 2008, 09:28:36 AM »
Quote from: Lusche on June 05, 2008, 09:15:24 AM
Dora has no 30mm.
Yeah I know. Was just elevating the two on my list that did if you could shoot the spud cannons. Personally, I can't hit squat with them. :cry
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Re: Which fighter is best for killing heavy bombers?
« Reply #21 on: June 05, 2008, 09:29:36 AM »
In order:

FW190A-8
BF110G-2
BF109K-4
ME163B
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Re: Which fighter is best for killing heavy bombers?
« Reply #22 on: June 05, 2008, 09:57:02 AM »
centerline at long range = Mossie.
And she is not slow at high alt.....
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Re: Which fighter is best for killing heavy bombers?
« Reply #23 on: June 05, 2008, 10:02:37 AM »
P-39s do not have anti-tank guns/ammo.

These weapons are air to air.

Also, I have unloaded 5+ 37mm rounds into some bombers and only gotten the assist after seeing many fireballs. It's really not a good bomber killer, IMO.
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Re: Which fighter is best for killing heavy bombers?
« Reply #24 on: June 05, 2008, 10:35:14 AM »
190A-8 is the choice.
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Re: Which fighter is best for killing heavy bombers?
« Reply #25 on: June 05, 2008, 10:56:03 AM »
My favorite for buff hunting are the g-14 with gondolas, 110 and 262, but I never find bombers when I take those up. I kill most buffs in F4U's mostly -1A and -4. My convergence is set to 375 and I just aim for the engines.

If there are guys around that I think will kill it while it's on fire or falling I'll just hit the fuselage near the cockpit till it explodes. I can usually kill 6 like that.
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Re: Which fighter is best for killing heavy bombers?
« Reply #26 on: June 05, 2008, 12:07:50 PM »
Mossie is best IMHO. combines great range with extremely heavy firepower, ease of aim (nose mounted guns), climb rate, speed at altitude, and dogfighting ability. Also, it has two engines, making for a safer plane (sort of). Although it has radiators, so does the P-38 and i dont hear people complain about that.
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Re: Which fighter is best for killing heavy bombers?
« Reply #27 on: June 05, 2008, 12:23:54 PM »
P-38 is pretty good buff killer but as Saxman pointed out, all the firepower in the world won't matter if you use bad tactics.


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Re: Which fighter is best for killing heavy bombers?
« Reply #28 on: June 05, 2008, 01:20:01 PM »
Well, if you are at the 6 with a slow closure and have to hammer it out with the tailgunner, my money is with the mossie...4 Hizookas in the nose.....
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Re: Which fighter is best for killing heavy bombers?
« Reply #29 on: June 05, 2008, 02:07:13 PM »
Quote from: Angus on June 05, 2008, 01:20:01 PM
... if you are at the 6 with a slow closure and have to hammer it out with the tailgunner...
... you're doing it wrong  ;)
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