Author Topic: Man I hate Ostwinds (Read 1221 times)

Hooligan · « **on:** October 22, 2000, 12:20:00 PM »

So I am hoping that the IL2m3 (with 37mm) is high on the list so I can get revenge (repeatedly!).

Sturmovik! Sturmovik!

Hooligan

brady · « **Reply #1 on:** October 22, 2000, 01:00:00 PM »

I like them my self, I like defending a base with them that is being wasted by the enemy especially when I go the last working one and the vehicle hanger is smoking

, I like covering a column of armor on the attack with one

, and I LOVE BREWING one up with my Pzkfw IV, but the BEST is diving down on one and BLOWING it up with a FB( dreams of Hs 129's are dancing in my head

)

Bradys

funked · « **Reply #2 on:** October 22, 2000, 06:02:00 PM »

If you are on the ground, shoot for the lower front hull. 1 shot kill with 75 mm, 2 shot kill with 37 mm, and even 150 rounds of .50 cal will work.

Also the turret is very vulnerable to strafing or rockets. Even .50 cal will take out the gunners.

Bombs work too.

StSanta · « **Reply #3 on:** October 22, 2000, 07:47:00 PM »

No need for the Sturmovik when you have the chog, tiffie and Spitfire. All of them are more than capable of taking out osties and pnzs with a few runs.

The LW needs the F8, so it can drop some more eggs on 'um

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Hooligan · « **Reply #4 on:** October 22, 2000, 08:14:00 PM »

Unlike any other plane in AH, the Sturmovik is acutally well armored, plus the two high velocity 37mm's should make it a much better anti-tank aircraft.

Hooligan

Pongo · « **Reply #5 on:** October 22, 2000, 09:19:00 PM »

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Originally posted by Hooligan:
Unlike any other plane in AH, the Sturmovik is acutally well armored, plus the two high velocity 37mm's should make it a much better anti-tank aircraft.

Hooligan

Armour wont help against a 37mm. It might withstand some extra 20mm but a 37 will wack it.

Hooligan · « **Reply #6 on:** October 22, 2000, 11:24:00 PM »

And the ostwind won't be the only things shooting at them

. Also, the ostwind is not firing AP rounds. A 37mm HE hit on the armored part might in fact be relatively ineffective.

Hooligan

StSanta · « **Reply #7 on:** October 22, 2000, 11:58:00 PM »

Hooligan, it's armoured, but it's not amroured like a battle tank. 1 37mm will damage it for sure. 2 will down it.

Aside from that, there really is very little use for them - unless HTC decide to make the Hispano less effective against panzers.

Germans could need the JU87 tank busting version, as we don't have any gun that can take out pnzs

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9./JG 54 "Grünherz"

flakbait · « **Reply #8 on:** October 23, 2000, 03:57:00 AM »

Il-2 Type 3 complete specs which includes armor diagrams, gun specs, and load-out variations.

Nearly forgot; Armor diagram provided you can read Russian.

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funked · « **Reply #9 on:** October 23, 2000, 04:00:00 AM »

Il-2 was the most successful tank killing aircraft in history. If you have a WW2 sim with planes fighting tanks, it should be in the sim.

Fishu · « **Reply #10 on:** October 23, 2000, 05:12:00 AM »

Hehe.. yes.. who needs 37mm when theres 20mm Hispano which is alot better than 37mm anti-tank gun

Theres nothing wrong with Ostwinds as long as you know how to kill those...

Don't you guys already get it - you can't kill everyone on your first day in the game, you must learn first!
So quit complaining if you can't kill Ostwind with those uber Hispanos without any risk.

Newbies are ruining AH when they complain of things that can be killed if bothers to learn the method to kill them.

StSanta · « **Reply #11 on:** October 23, 2000, 09:00:00 AM »

funked, sure. The JU-87 with anti tank gun was effective too.

The question is: do we need it, do we need ir right now, and "is its role already filled?".

With Hispano anti tank rounds, it is I feel.

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9./JG 54 "Grünherz"

funked · « **Reply #12 on:** October 23, 2000, 09:10:00 AM »

Santa I'm thinking scenarios too. That plane is the reason La-5FN and Yak-9U don't have bomb racks.

Jigster · « **Reply #13 on:** October 23, 2000, 02:46:00 PM »

Even an 8th of an inch of armor is pretty dang effective. Sure it's only 3mm's, but until you actually see how much armor that is (as in the case of the IL-2's bathtub) it well adapted to stopping a pretty heavy round.

- Jig

Fishu · « **Reply #14 on:** October 23, 2000, 06:29:00 PM »

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Originally posted by Jigster:
Even an 8th of an inch of armor is pretty dang effective. Sure it's only 3mm's, but until you actually see how much armor that is (as in the case of the IL-2's bathtub) it well adapted to stopping a pretty heavy round.

- Jig

..compare that to PZ-IV H's 10mm..