how to kill vehicles

[Lye-El]

Bombing in "external view" is gamey at best ... the releasing of bombs while in external view should not be allowed.

Agreed. Kinda like having a Lead Computing Optical Sight for the Wirblewind....Hmmm, on second thought. Bring on the Lead computing sights for the Wirblewind!

[Banshee7]

Bombing in "external view" is gamey at best ... the releasing of bombs while in external view should not be allowed.

not only is it gamey...i find it more accurate to bomb in the internal view mode...but hey, that's just my opinion

[1701E]

You mentioned the B-25 being best for the light armored vehicle, while this may be true, it fulfills all roles except fighter (unless done right) rather well.  I have killed all vehicles with the cannon and all but the Tiger and 251 (little bugger is rare to see) have gone down in one hit.  So really unless you are careless with the plane it is great for all those spots.  Simply aim for the back/side of the turret or the gas tank and get a one hit kill.  If you need to kills flaks and for some reason can't get it with cannon/MG then just bomb it, ya got 6x 500LBers, or 3x 1,000LBers (or whatever variation you take).  Also PT boats are not a smart idea if you get overconfident and think it's going to be an easy kill, that thing is armed more than enough to kill a B25 in one pass.

[uberslet]

Bombing in "external view" is gamey at best ... the releasing of bombs while in external view should not be allowed.

agreed, then again, only way ive ever bombed a gv. the internal view i may as well salvo all my bombs and still rely on luck to get me 1 kill

[Yossarian]

You mentioned the B-25 being best for the light armored vehicle, while this may be true, it fulfills all roles except fighter (unless done right) rather well.  I have killed all vehicles with the cannon and all but the Tiger and 251 (little bugger is rare to see) have gone down in one hit.  So really unless you are careless with the plane it is great for all those spots.  Simply aim for the back/side of the turret or the gas tank and get a one hit kill.  If you need to kills flaks and for some reason can't get it with cannon/MG then just bomb it, ya got 6x 500LBers, or 3x 1,000LBers (or whatever variation you take).  Also PT boats are not a smart idea if you get overconfident and think it's going to be an easy kill, that thing is armed more than enough to kill a B25 in one pass.

What range do you shoot the cannon from, and how often do you hit?

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Yossarian

[1701E]

What range do you shoot the cannon from, and how often do you hit?

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Yossarian

I will normally fire anywhere from 400-3K out.  Between 400-800 i hit about 75% of the time. 1-1.5K about 50-60%.  1.5k and out is only about 30% as i normally don't like relying on those ranges.  If firing on something such as ack, buildings, hangers i will fire anywhere from 5K or more and closer and have about 50% hit ratio.
Best shot i have pulled off recently was just 1.5K out flak, one hit kill.  I have been helping a squaddie with other things, but soon to get back into the B25

 
-Xcelsior

[RTHolmes]

I could use a decent gunsight for the 25H (and A20 too maybe) anyone know of a good one?

[Yossarian]

Here's the one that I use, but I'd be interested to know which one1701E uses, as he seems to be far better with that cannon than I   


http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,243785.msg2975293.html#msg2975293

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Yossarian

[RTHolmes]

ty will try that one   I saw a great one a while back that had horizontal lines of the correct width to match the length of a panz at each range (spaced 400yd i think) with a small vertical mark on each, can't seem to find it now

[cobia38]

lol dont let snap hear that blasphemy/   

A20 very tough bird and a good stick can make you eat the ground quickly.

people see it and think slow bomber but if your light you can light someone's night up.

  it allso works great for breaking up furballs.blast through any furball in a A20 and you will have peeps break away from ther targets to chase you down

[1701E]

Must be the only one that uses default sights on all planes (maybe one i changed long ago, i forget).  I just learned that way and have learned to adjust accordingly.

[Solar10]

Interesting that no one has mentioned the Mosquito as a GV killer.  Its 4 500lbs generally mean 4 GV kills if you use them on anything but a Tiger.

Generally I have most success against tigers by dropping the 2 500lbers in the bomb bay.  They are closer together and so appear to give better results. 

Also the Mosquito can pull up better than an A20 (at least for me) and that allows attacking Flaks in the vertical, enabling you to drop from higher alts, reducing the chance of getting shredded.  This also gives a good angle for a blast of 20mm to take out the flak gun. 

Speaking of 20mms, these kill the light GVs real easy.

[Yossarian]

ty will try that one   I saw a great one a while back that had horizontal lines of the correct width to match the length of a panz at each range (spaced 400yd i think) with a small vertical mark on each, can't seem to find it now

I'll post a request for this in another bit of the forum (probably the AH general discussion one).

[uberslet]

...Its 4 500lbs generally mean 4 GV kills if you use them on anything but a Tiger. ....

can do some serious damage to a tiger with a 500 lb, can even kill it. i never done it, but i know some people who have killed tigers with a 500lbr.

[Widewing]

the wirbel is the toughest thing you can possibly try to kill in an a-20,i would avoid trying it

If you strafe them, yeah, it can be painful. But, bomb them and they are no serious issue. The secret is learning to bomb accurately from outside the effective range of their 20mm cannon. Master that and you will own that part of the field.


My regards,

Widewing