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Offline Wildcat1

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new nickname for browning .50 cals
« on: June 29, 2010, 10:40:57 PM »
does anyone notice that out of all the aircraft armament in the game, that the M2 .50 cals seem to make enemies catch fire the most? it happens to me atleast....

thats why i think they should be affectionally known as "candle lighters" :aok :lol
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Re: new nickname for browning .50 cals
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2010, 12:16:21 AM »
does anyone notice that out of all the aircraft armament in the game, that the M2 .50 cals seem to make enemies catch fire the most? it happens to me atleast....

thats why i think they should be affectionally known as "candle lighters" :aok :lol

Hm. I think taters consistently cause more flames than .50's, but they've already got the best nickname...
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Re: new nickname for browning .50 cals
« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2010, 03:19:44 AM »
i personally like "little buddies" or "the things that go BANG BANG BANG BANG!"

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Re: new nickname for browning .50 cals
« Reply #3 on: June 30, 2010, 10:53:38 AM »
I fondly refer to them as "buzz-saws".
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Re: new nickname for browning .50 cals
« Reply #4 on: June 30, 2010, 11:49:03 AM »
Hm. I think taters consistently cause more flames than .50's, but they've already got the best nickname...
Seems like when a tater catches someone on fire, an explosion occurs shortly after. With the 50. cals they usually lose a wing after 10 seconds of being on fire.
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Re: new nickname for browning .50 cals
« Reply #5 on: June 30, 2010, 03:01:10 PM »
thats why i think they should be affectionally known as "candle lighters" :aok :lol

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Re: new nickname for browning .50 cals
« Reply #6 on: June 30, 2010, 04:05:17 PM »
Ma Deuce needs no other name.

hmmmm....

Ma Deuce's candle lighters :aok
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Re: new nickname for browning .50 cals
« Reply #7 on: June 30, 2010, 09:52:26 PM »
How about Geico guns? So easy a caveman can shoot 'em. :rofl
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Re: new nickname for browning .50 cals
« Reply #8 on: June 30, 2010, 11:37:57 PM »
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Re: new nickname for browning .50 cals
« Reply #9 on: July 01, 2010, 12:01:54 AM »
Ma Deuce needs no other name.

Without a doubt, unless you want to show extra respect, and call them Mother Deuce...
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Re: new nickname for browning .50 cals
« Reply #10 on: July 01, 2010, 12:34:33 PM »
I've always called them blow torches; they cut right through my enemies' wings.
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Re: new nickname for browning .50 cals
« Reply #11 on: July 02, 2010, 11:11:41 PM »
Stop shooting us zeke pilots and maybe stuff like catching on fire wouldn't happen as much.  :D :joystick:
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Re: new nickname for browning .50 cals
« Reply #12 on: July 03, 2010, 09:16:26 AM »
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Re: new nickname for browning .50 cals
« Reply #13 on: July 03, 2010, 11:01:07 AM »
No. .50 cal works fine.
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Re: new nickname for browning .50 cals
« Reply #14 on: July 03, 2010, 12:29:54 PM »
Without a doubt, unless you want to show extra respect, and call them Mother Deuce...
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