Aircraft Armour

[Boozeman]

I didn't jush make this wish for the pilot armour

I wish for the armour of the whole aircraft so when an enemy attacks a base I can up a aircraft with the armament to take it down with ease

Even the weakest guns in the game can take down a plane eventually, even heavy bombers. If you look at the "standard" armament, which is approx. 6 x .50s or in the range of 2 x 20 mm, you will take down any plane with ease. There is no need to look at armor tables.

 

[VonMessa]

Even the weakest guns in the game can take down a plane eventually, even heavy bombers. If you look at the "standard" armament, which is approx. 6 x .50s or in the range of 2 x 20 mm, you will take down any plane with ease. There is no need to look at armor tables.

 

Especially if you get a good shot from top-down, right in the ole hen pit.  Then it's game-over, regardless of the a/c in question.

[gyrene81]

I didn't jush make this wish for the pilot armour

I wish for the armour of the whole aircraft so when an enemy attacks a base I can up a aircraft with the armament to take it down with ease

Avanti, if you knew the WWII combat aircraft you wouldn't have started this discussion. The cockpit was where most of the armor was located, the rest would be around the engine or fuel tanks and none of it would stop vital parts of the airplane from getting shot off.

Maybe you should get some gunnery practice in.

[milesobrian]

why not have it display other information that would be more relevant than the armor.  As i suggested before it could display all the information about the planes weapons, including what ammo they used he and or ap, ect and what order they were placed in the ammo belts.  It could also show the muzzle velocity and other relevant information such as the exact engine type that the in game play is modeled off of.  This way their would be no question of the ammo that is used (no more does the hurr 2d or il2  use ap or he rounds) forum questions.  It could also be used if and when they add a 109 version with a high alt engine, or any other planes that can have this option...

Also for me at least 1/4   of the fun is learning about these aircraft and vehicles, so any information that can be added would be extremely useful for  most of us. 

[guncrasher]

why not have it display other information that would be more relevant than the armor.  As i suggested before it could display all the information about the planes weapons, including what ammo they used he and or ap, ect and what order they were placed in the ammo belts.  It could also show the muzzle velocity and other relevant information such as the exact engine type that the in game play is modeled off of.  This way their would be no question of the ammo that is used (no more does the hurr 2d or il2  use ap or he rounds) forum questions.  It could also be used if and when they add a 109 version with a high alt engine, or any other planes that can have this option...

Also for me at least 1/4   of the fun is learning about these aircraft and vehicles, so any information that can be added would be extremely useful for  most of us. 

why would you need this information in the game?  oh never mind, I dont really care, this is one of them I wishes that no matter how bad it is you will still insist that having that info will help you bring a plane down.

semp

[Simba]

"why are there 2 ways to spell armor and they both mean the same thing?"

It's armour. Noah Webster couldn't spell.  

Anyway, if the chap wants to know instantly where the armour was located on WW2 fighters, let him fly only the A6M2 Zero until he's done his homework properly and read the appropriate manuals, the lazy so-'n'-so.

 

[Larry]

whoa whoa whoa hold the phone! we are missing the even more important problem at hand....why are there 2 ways to spell armor and they both mean the same thing?

itz cuz every1 outsid of amerika iz stuped n cante speel! 

[Avanti]

Avanti, if you knew the WWII combat aircraft you wouldn't have started this discussion. The cockpit was where most of the armor was located, the rest would be around the engine or fuel tanks and none of it would stop vital parts of the airplane from getting shot off.

Maybe you should get some gunnery practice in.

So we should take away the vehicle armour and turret info off?

cause really it's the same thing

[Boozeman]

So we should take away the vehicle armour and turret info off?

cause really it's the same thing

No, it's not.

Read some of the replies you already got here, and you will understand why.   

[milesobrian]

why would you need this information in the game?  oh never mind, I dont really care, this is one of them I wishes that no matter how bad it is you will still insist that having that info will help you bring a plane down.

semp

Who said that this info will help bring planes down.... if anything it may guide new users as  to what plane to use...for instance they might notice in the 109 plane set that the mgff is inferior to the to  the mg 151/20 in the other 109s (or even the 4 cannon 190).  A user might notice the difference between these two guns and choose the 2 cannon option for the 190a5, based on the differences in the guns velocity.

expanding ones knowledge, is never a bad idea.  Didnt you ever used to wonder what types of ammo these planes were shooting whether it was incendiary He or AP or all of them in some combination?

also  i will admit that to  show EVERY little piece of armor in the planes might be a bit excessive.  I do think it could be adapted to show where vital parts are especially fuel tanks, since finding a visual representation online is some times hard to find depending on the plane.  This may or may not help players down planes.