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Offline DaveBB

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Re: Tank busters
« Reply #15 on: July 04, 2017, 08:41:17 AM »
If you manage to lob in a 75 inside the turret, yes, congrats , you have won the ww2 lottery, and probably died seconds after, because of the angle you need to get that one into the hatch opening.

You must also remember if shell explodes without delay on the exterior of a tank, it can not penetrate much armor at all, and normal angle of attack from a 200mph b25h can't be that high if you don't want to plant the bird at the distance you need to have a  chance of hitting that tank at all.

There is more fragile stuff on the exterior of a tank than you would believe.  Optics, engine components, track components, turret ventilation etc.  As of the moment, I can't actually cite any WWII stuff, but I know of at least two M-1 Abrams knocked out by strange means during OIF.  One was shrapnel that severed a fuel line that leaked onto the hot turbine.  Crew couldn't figure out where the fire was coming from, even after using the extinguishers.  Tank was abandoned and destroyed.  The second was small arms fire that destroyed the fiberglass bore evacuator of the cannon.  Couldn't fire the main cannon without massive amounts of toxic gasses flooding the crew compartment. 

Now that I think harder about it, I can cite a few WWII examples.  They are all Tigers ironically.  In Africa, a 57mm bounced down into the drivers compartment afer hitting the turret, killing the driver, crew abandonded the tank.  Then the famous example of Tiger 131 getting it's turret jammed from either 57mm or 75mm fire, crew abandonded the tank.  A Sherman shooting a Tiger 1 with WP causing the crew to abandon the tank.  And an M8 scout car shooting a Tiger 1 with 37mm from directly behind, destroying the Tiger.
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Re: Tank busters
« Reply #16 on: July 05, 2017, 01:37:04 AM »
You can always get lucky.

With one or 2 of a 5  crew killed/incapacitated, you can still fight on, AH does not model crew panic.

Fires can be extinguished if they are not to severe. what scares most crews the most is fire in the crew compartment, and that ammunition blow up.
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Re: Tank busters
« Reply #17 on: July 05, 2017, 12:27:29 PM »
And none of this is modeled in the game so the B-25 is pretty much useless against tanks..
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Re: Tank busters
« Reply #18 on: July 05, 2017, 02:11:59 PM »
There are no crewmen in AH GV's, so that argument is moot.  The 75mm on the H isn't as bad as most make it out to be, and I've scored more than a few tank kills with her in the past.  Angling is everything with that gun, as well as shot placement.  The main problem is most don't have the patience to set up properly for a good gun run.  This further complicated by the fact that they want to "hose" the target, IE: take more than one shot.  With a very high angle approach, you only take one shot no matter how high above and clean line you have, but also don't take too long.  The H will build speed FAST.  Once you get a hang of her, you'll find she can do some nifty stuff that will set you up nice and proper.


Also, don't take bombs or if you do, USE THEM first before attempting gun runs. :)
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Re: Tank busters
« Reply #19 on: July 05, 2017, 02:42:55 PM »
The hurri 2d can destroy any tank in Aces High. I personally find the T34 a challenge compared to other gv's when i'm flying one.
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Re: Tank busters
« Reply #20 on: July 05, 2017, 07:06:34 PM »
I personally find the T34 a challenge compared to other gv's when i'm flying one.

Yeah it needs way to much runway (and a cliff) and turns like a pig.

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Re: Tank busters
« Reply #21 on: July 06, 2017, 02:18:46 AM »
Yeah it needs way to much runway (and a cliff) and turns like a pig.

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Re: Tank busters
« Reply #22 on: July 06, 2017, 02:24:27 AM »
And none of this is modeled in the game so the B-25 is pretty much useless against tanks..

In real life but not in game.  In game the B-25H is a very effective tank killer.
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