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Offline E25280

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Re: can someone compare the 37mm and 40mm tank-busting guns?
« Reply #15 on: August 26, 2008, 07:56:56 PM »
Hurri can outright kill any tank in game. The IL2 cannot.  That's all you need be concerned with in-game.
What about the B-25H?   ;)

IL-2 with its current 23mm guns can outright kill any tank except the Tiger.  I have had very little luck against the T-34, but it should be theoretically possible for a cartoon pilot who posesses a little skill (which excludes me).
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Re: can someone compare the 37mm and 40mm tank-busting guns?
« Reply #16 on: August 26, 2008, 08:35:34 PM »
There's some Sturmovik jock "out there" who clearly has it in for me.

Haven't played for a while, but whenever I used to encounter him, it was his IL-2 diving straight down, ping-ping-pingy my turret's dead.

Not exactly going to roll the rest of the way to devastate the town with my mighty MG 34...
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Re: can someone compare the 37mm and 40mm tank-busting guns?
« Reply #17 on: August 26, 2008, 09:25:38 PM »
With all due respect, Bronk, you've posted two completetly meaningless posts that contributed no substance whatsoever to the topic at hand.  Would you like to contribute something, or are you just being a boor?
Lusche has already covered the hows and wherefores. However since you need hand holding , I'll reiterate for you.  Steep dive angle, good shot shot placement and lots of practice.
Tigers= drivers compartment for outright possible oneshot kill . Or top of engine compartment to disable  and make life easier.
panzer= Much the same only easier.
Sherman= just behind turret
T-34 = just about the same as Sherman

Ohh I have convergence set to 275 and start firing at 400 on the ticker. Usually 2 trigger pulls per run.

Is that enough contribution or do you require film?
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Re: can someone compare the 37mm and 40mm tank-busting guns?
« Reply #18 on: August 26, 2008, 09:31:03 PM »
What about the B-25H?   ;)


B-25H you say? That is unpossible. :noid :aok
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Re: can someone compare the 37mm and 40mm tank-busting guns?
« Reply #19 on: August 26, 2008, 11:04:21 PM »

Is that enough contribution or do you require film?

I wouldn't mind seeing some film.  I'd like to learn from it.

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Re: can someone compare the 37mm and 40mm tank-busting guns?
« Reply #20 on: August 27, 2008, 02:33:15 AM »
Btw, I've killed plenty of tanks in every aircraft in the game that's remotely intended to do that.  I don't need handholding.  I was interested in conversation, and especially, as in the OP, with regards to how the JU-87G would fare.  I think it would be very effective indeed.

What a dork you are Bronk.
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Re: can someone compare the 37mm and 40mm tank-busting guns?
« Reply #21 on: August 27, 2008, 05:01:21 AM »
Btw, I've killed plenty of tanks in every aircraft in the game that's remotely intended to do that.  I don't need handholding.  I was interested in conversation, and especially, as in the OP, with regards to how the JU-87G would fare.  I think it would be very effective indeed.

What a dork you are Bronk.

Since you wish to continue with the name calling.

 If you weren't being a condescending arse I wouldn't have posted the way I did.
Now on to the 87g and the IL2-3. You would be pretty much guaranteed a kill from almost any angle except possibly a tiger. However, the 87g only has 5 or 6 rounds per gun. So I think that would offset it's need to perk it in game. I can't remember the IL2-3 cannon load out offhand. I think it was substantially more than the 87g and might need a light perking to balance out it's use in game. 
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Re: can someone compare the 37mm and 40mm tank-busting guns?
« Reply #22 on: August 27, 2008, 08:19:37 AM »
I wouldn't mind seeing some film.  I'd like to learn from it.

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Re: can someone compare the 37mm and 40mm tank-busting guns?
« Reply #23 on: August 27, 2008, 10:01:44 AM »
A 1.5 MB zip file with more Hurri IID kills including Tiger: http://www.mediafire.com/?he6lortq1zn

Thanks Snailman!

You wouldn't have any 262 films bouncing around on your hard drive would you?  My fighter perkies were building up (I never fly perked planes), so I have been messing around with the 262 a bit lately.  I'm interested to see how somebody with more experience handles the plane.  :salute

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