Author Topic: AI 88mm/5" guns (large field/fleet) (Read 134 times)

CavemanJ · « **on:** September 14, 2001, 05:28:00 PM »

HT are you EVER going to fix these things? I recall some pretty good discussions about TOF of the shells etc.

I'm sick of being in a dogfight moving at 300+ true turning this way and that and within 4 shots the damned ack lands a perfect kill on my 51. Or is the 51 just a magnet for these guns?

Russian · « **Reply #1 on:** September 14, 2001, 08:13:00 PM »

Its relistic. During WW2 flak used magnetic tips for bullets. Sorry, nothing can be done about it.

SOB · « **Reply #2 on:** September 15, 2001, 11:10:00 AM »

I'm not sure if I'm one of the few or one of the many, but I can't remember the last time I was killed in the 51 (either model) by 88s.

SOB

CavemanJ · « **Reply #3 on:** September 15, 2001, 01:34:00 PM »

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Originally posted by Russian:
Its relistic. During WW2 flak used magnetic tips for bullets. Sorry, nothing can be done about it.

So you're saying those 88mm shells should home in on my 350+ manuevering pony and they'll turn mid-air to follow me. Thanks, that explains it.

And I always thought the big flak guns were pretty much worthless against fighters because they jink about alot quicker than the buffs can, and that the delay from firing to bursting at 15-20k made fighters virtually impossible to hit with those things.

Russian · « **Reply #4 on:** September 16, 2001, 03:03:00 AM »

...that was a joke....get a clue