Author Topic: M8 turret is indestructable.  (Read 1298 times)

Offline Motherland

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M8 turret is indestructable.
« on: July 13, 2008, 01:39:25 PM »
One of the little buggers just drove up behind my tiger, put his gun against the back, and started blasting away... I swung my 88mm around and put 5-6 rounds into his turret (the gun wouldn't traverse low enough to hit his hull) but it didn't do anything and he eventually killed me. I didn't start rolling film until the last shot or two, but even 1 88mm from inches away should have popped his turret easily.
I'll post film in a minute.

Offline Pannono

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Re: M8 turret is indestructable.
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2008, 02:13:17 PM »
I bet you wet your pants? No need to, an M8 wont penetrate at 1m behind a tiger with AP
Ive been turreted in a M8 many times
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Re: M8 turret is indestructable.
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2008, 02:14:42 PM »
No need to, an M8 wont penetrate at 1m behind a tiger with AP
After about 15 hits I was dead, so no, you're wrong.

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Re: M8 turret is indestructable.
« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2008, 02:16:05 PM »
brb gonna test on skuzzys tiger offline
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Re: M8 turret is indestructable.
« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2008, 02:29:33 PM »
hmmh seems you were right
http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/5/30/1936687/M8%20vs%20Tiger.zip
Unable to test the indestructable turret though
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Offline Motherland

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Re: M8 turret is indestructable.
« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2008, 02:36:35 PM »
My film. Unfortunately it's only the last shot and my attempt to move forward to hit his hull during reload...
http://www.mediafire.com/?n0dygxvgmba

Offline Lye-El

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Re: M8 turret is indestructable.
« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2008, 05:08:52 PM »
Ran into the M8 turret thing last week. Two rounds from Tiger, point blank, bounced off M-8 turret, one round to the hull killed it


i dont got enough perkies as it is and i like upen my lancs to kill 1 dang t 34 or wirble its fun droping 42 bombs

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Re: M8 turret is indestructable.
« Reply #7 on: July 14, 2008, 01:47:22 PM »
had that happen to me last month. but i killed the m8 after 8 hits

Offline DPQ5

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Re: M8 turret is indestructable.
« Reply #8 on: July 17, 2008, 02:04:19 AM »
Motherland u happen to know the Panzer in front of you got the kill
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Re: M8 turret is indestructable.
« Reply #9 on: September 04, 2008, 04:49:38 PM »
Sorry for the bump skuzzy, just posting more test results for this user
Motherland, as the results of another test show, you can kill a M8 using your pintle gun
Shoot at the hole in the top of the turret, it should disable the turret in a matter of seconds. Keep firing and eventually the M8 should explode
Try it!  :aok
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Offline lyric1

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Re: M8 turret is indestructable.
« Reply #10 on: September 05, 2008, 07:21:30 AM »
I bet you wet your pants? No need to, an M8 wont penetrate at 1m behind a tiger with AP
Ive been turreted in a M8 many times
All though this is not a good comparison I did read were an m8 during WWII did take out a Tiger in this exact fashion.

Offline sethipus

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Re: M8 turret is indestructable.
« Reply #11 on: September 05, 2008, 05:16:43 PM »
This isn't hard data, but I will add that I too have seen this indestructable M8 turret thing before.  Since I'm in the T34 more than any other tank I just chalked it up to the lame-azz 76mm gun, but yeah, now that you mention it, I have hit that M8 turret many times, and it really should be popping and doesn't.  Crazy stuff.

I'm willing to go to the DA or whatever and test this if someone wants to meet up in game tonight.

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Re: M8 turret is indestructable.
« Reply #12 on: September 07, 2008, 04:20:50 PM »
 I'm not really sure if this is a bug. In AH, there's no animation for a shot passing throw the window, or armor, it either pings, or bounces off, I pretty sure that in real life, your shot would have passed all the way through the backside of the turret, in AH, that simulates by bouncing off.

I'm not 100% sure about this theory, but I have never seen a shot passing through any vehicle, so this could be the case.

  the game is concentrated on combat, not on shaking the screen.

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Re: M8 turret is indestructable.
« Reply #13 on: September 09, 2008, 10:22:51 AM »
Ran into an m8 in my Tiger the other day he drove up to my rear was shooting away I tried HE AP in his turret & nothing fired off about 6 rounds. Got tired of him so backed up to get a shot on the hull & 1 shot he was gone.

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Re: M8 turret is indestructable.
« Reply #14 on: September 09, 2008, 04:39:16 PM »
Use the pintle
It WILL kill a M8s turret in a matter of seconds
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