LYNX you probably remember last night, your Il2 vs my 262 where I had nothing but a spiky mouse (no rudder) as controller.. Put some BBs in me but no 37mm hit, this from medium range with your well-honed aim. More evidence: "They are pretty precise if you come directly down on target". What are the odds an Il2 will survive through a WW's bullet stream long enough to do that?
Lots of dispersion, a big and slow platform, little ammo, all this VS a rock solid platform, tons of ammo, high ROF and easy ballistics and long reach.. I don't think the Il2 is anything to worry about unless the guy in the AAA is drunk or green.
and if you remember correctly I barely had time to swing guns on your 400 mph jet coming up on my six, for what was essential a snap shot. So much for dispersion!
you are correct about wirlies as I mentioned in the previous reply
Osties and wirlies are a pain in the arse for IL-2
. However, I find the IL-2 a fairly stable platform in it'self but then again I have a fairly stable stick with virtual any nose bounce. The majority of players don't benefit from this and many have never heard of stick scaling let alone tried to sort it out. This is where you maybe confusing your theory on "
Lots of dispersion".
To concur with you further wirlies with a good gunner are deadly as are osties. Taking on a good wirlie gunner head to head is guaranteed a radiator or oil hit or pilot wound at best. At worst it's the tower. Osties are easier to get into because they lack the dispersion of the wirlie.
The trick if any is to fire at the flaks from 1,000 yards out turreting them but here lies the dilemma. Flacks do have a longer reach so you have to jinks your IL-2 into effective range. It's my opinion to leave them alone if you have other targets or tank support to take them out. This maybe reversed in certain circumstances and the flack has to go first.
