The mighty TIGER, or not so much?

[ScatterFire]

Really?

Yeah, but our M8s drop kill Tigers from over 1k away, and don't have to be behind them 

[Lusche]

Yeah, but our M8s drop kill Tigers from over 1k away, and don't have to be behind them 

Got film?

[Bronk]

Yeah, but our M8s drop kill Tigers from over 1k away, and don't have to be behind them 

Film?


Damn lusche.

[E25280]

Got film?

Film?


Damn lusche.

+1


(or is it +3??)

[ScatterFire]

Got film?

I wish, but filming dogs my laptop too badly to play.

I would have loved to get film of the M8 3 of us went after 2 weeks ago too.  Panzer, Tiger and T34/85 at less than 500 yds.  I hit him 6 times, the Tiger hit him 3 and the T34 hit him 4 before he popped.  He got me twice, the T34 once and the Tiger once.   

Then the next sortie I one-shotted 4 T34s and Panzers in a row.   Talk about rubber-bullet syndrome....

[stephen]

Ever notice you can knock out a tigers turret if you hit em on top of his turret?
Elevation is the key...i.e. you above the tiger slightly, but it works.

[Ruler2]

After trying my hand at GVs I came away thinking its hit or miss and not accurate to actual vehicles anywhere. They have all been adjusted for gameplay so much that I cant make rhyme-or-reason of them. The M4 has a much faster turret but to aim one your stick has to be dampened just so. I suppose I could modify my setup for a special GV mode but then again why spend the time doing that? I get killed first shot by the 'uber' guys all the time. Panzer M4 Tiger M8 even it doesnt matter. Meanwhile my shots bounce off M3s! I would think an M3 would be reduced to scrap even on a hit like that but what do I know?

I shot an M16 in the windshield and it bounced off,lol

[danny37]

I shot an M16 in the windshield and it bounced off,lol

because the m16/m3 are lightly amored and AP goes right through them,use HE and 99% of the time they go boom...the m8 is a little better amored but basiclly the,HE usually it goes boom.

[Chalenge]

Well Danny just tonight I hit three M3s with a lot more then one HE round and they just kept on trucking. 

[Sloehand]

Ever notice you can knock out a tigers turret if you hit em on top of his turret?
Elevation is the key...i.e. you above the tiger slightly, but it works.

Experiences against Tigers in the Beta frame of the current scenario has got a lot of experienced tankers really scratching their heads.  Most of them know the piss poor, hit'n miss (pun intended) GV model we have that really has a low consistancy rating.  However, in the Beta the Tiger seemed to be phenomenal in all aspects, especialy in taking damage at close range and rolling away, far in excess of what most seem to experience in the MA.

For myself, I fired at just under 2K, from an elevated base, down on the top of the turret of a Tiger, with three direct hits (with sprites and no visible richocet) to no effect whatsoever, he rolled away.  However, in the MA, I have hit a Tiger coming down off a small hill, showing just a bit of his turret top, and pinged him there at 2.5K or a little more.  Kaboom!  Go figure.

[danny37]

Well Danny just tonight I hit three M3s with a lot more then one HE round and they just kept on trucking. 

hmmm...usually one shot for me,if thats the case then most of you would be better off using you pintle gun on em

[Fencer51]

This was a true.. WTF moment.  But the third shot got him.

[Larry]

Fencer I think once a round has hit a tank it can not hit it again. That round can ricochet in any direction and can pass through the tank it has already hit. Iv caught it on a film before. I was in a B25H and hit a tiger in the back of the turret. When it ricocheted it passed through the back of the chassis where the engine is and hit under the tank then killed the tiger. I think I still have the film Ill post it later if I can find it.

[moot]

Yep.  Only the first impact counts.  Same with all projectiles apparently.  I've got film of a B25's 50cal bullets bouncing off a CV 5" turret and flying back thru me, with no hit sprites on the B25.

[Dm6]

Maybe they changed the hardness settings or the lethality of the gvs for the scenario....... Can they do that?