M-18...

[Raptor05121]

Karnak has no sense of humor. Me thinky he is a machine

[Martyn]

I'm hoping that the next new plane will be the Fairey Battle.
Yay! 

[Raphael]

wish granted

[guncrasher]

wish granted

yup but now even the guy in a chute with a .45 can kill it.

semp

[Mano]

2 WEEKS

[1Nicolas]

Like this:

 And this?

[Bronk]

Hmmm no muzzle brake?

[chaser]

Hmmm no muzzle brake?

I noticed that to. Kinda curious as to why they didn't model that 

[Raphael]

is there a in game command to turn on the lights? i have never wondered it before

[Dichotomy]

I heard a rumor they were going to offer downed players a weapon to kill it with

[gyrene81]

I heard a rumor they were going to offer downed players a weapon to kill it with

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     that civilian piece of equipment won't work...you need a u.s. armed forces tested and approved device to ensure results.

[guncrasher]

this is all you need to kill it 



semp

[AWwrgwy]

I noticed that to. Kinda curious as to why they didn't model that 

From: M18 Hellcat Tank Destroyer 1943-97 by StevenJ. Zaloga, p.13

The initial production batches of the M18 were fitted with the M1A1 gun which could be distinguished by the smooth barrel. There had been repeated complaints about the excessive blast of the 76mm gun, and tests of a double baffle design were completed in January 1944. Adoption of the muzzle brake was approved on February 11, 1944. Production of the new muzzle brakes did not take place until June 1944. In the interim, the improved M1A1C 76mm gun entered production which was threaded at the end to accept a muzzle brake. The M1A1c gun an be distinguished by a thread-protecting ring at the front of the gun barrel which was added to prevent damage to the threads. The appropriate maintenance work order was approved in October 1944. Besides adding a muzzle brake, the conversion required the addition of three lead counterweights on the end of the gun recoil guard to compensate for the weight added to the front end of the gun barrel. In the event, few of these vehicles appear to have been retrofitted with the muzzle brake during the war. The 76mm guns manufactured with muzzle brakes were designated as 76mm gun M1A2 and these were fitted to new M18 tank destroyers during the final few months of production in the summer of 1944, totalling less than 700 vehicles. 

From the same book, p.20:

I wonder if this will be modeled?

One direct hit on heavily armored vehicles knocked them out by killing the crew. This was caused by fragmentation not only from the shell but from pieces of armor blown off by the force of the shell. Shells hitting the Hellcat, on the other hand, in many instances went through the hull like a hot knife through butter, killing possible one or two men, but not disabling the vehicle. This was like a heavy bomber when shells pass right through the fuselage without knocking the plane out of action.

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[dirt911]

From: M18 Hellcat Tank Destroyer 1943-97 by StevenJ. Zaloga, p.13



From the same book, p.20:

I wonder if this will be modeled?
 



Oh boy a wirble with a cannon, everybody RUN it tis teh 3nda teh woorrrlldd!!





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[AWwrgwy]

Oh boy a wirble with a cannon, everybody RUN it tis teh 3nda teh woorrrlldd!!

"It's all about tactics", says the guy with over 100 kills per tour in an M-3.

 


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