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[wpeters]

Wow 834 rounds of AP& I (Incendiary) For the first two.


The other one was 567 AP& I ..


Sound like poor gunnery. What I find Interesting was they thought 200yds was to far

[mbailey]

I'd wager you would get yourself killed before you ever saw an enemy.

 

Id wager that id get killed rolling across the tarmac to get to my runway i was cleared to take off from. If I was lucky enough to get to that destination.....guarenteed my body and plane would be splattered all over the countryside, which is the usual result in game as well       

 

[jeffdn]

Wow 834 rounds of AP& I (Incendiary) For the first two.


The other one was 567 AP& I ..


Sound like poor gunnery. What I find Interesting was they thought 200yds was to far

That's 7 seconds firing time for the first one, and 5 seconds for the latter at approximately 107 rounds per second coming out of 8x .50 AN/M2 Browning HMG.

[Lucifer]

Thats reminds me of a Pierre Clostermann interview : he said German pilots were deep into a chevalry spirit, when some Allies strafed downed pilots...

War...

[Lucifer]

In 1945, german pilots only survived 10h combat flights for 95% of them.

They are mostly "two weekers". Half trained kids, just trying to fly the plane, let alone fight.

Jump on a two weekers six in game and you'll get the same result...an easy kill for the same reason.

Most of us here have been flying cartoon planes for twice as long as the war really lasted. When we make a mistake, we don't die for real, so e get to learn from it. Over and over. For years and years.

[MiloMorai]

What the gun camera footage doesn't show is the maneuvering that took place before 'shoot down'.

[GScholz]

Thats reminds me of a Pierre Clostermann interview : he said German pilots were deep into a chevalry spirit, when some Allies strafed downed pilots...

War...

Dornier Do 24




This aircraft is the root cause of the "chute-shooting" between the Axis and Allies in Europe. Despite the fact that Britain is an island nation it was the Germans who had the best SAR system. The Luftwaffe had specialized squadrons of these SAR aircraft for locating and rescuing pilots at sea during the Battle of Britain. The RAF only had rescue launches, and grew weary of having their airmen die in the Channel while the Germans got rescued; despite being painted bright white with red crosses, the RAF started shooting down the German SAR planes. In retaliation the Luftwaffe started strafing British rescue launches and pilots in the sea or in their inflatable dinghies, and it only escalated from there.