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Offline Shuffler

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Re: planes being main gunned
« Reply #75 on: July 19, 2019, 06:59:20 PM »
Here is that photo I mentioned of a C-7A being shot down by an artillery gun.

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WOW amazing. Thanks for posting that. Terrible for the crew.  :salute
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Re: planes being main gunned
« Reply #76 on: July 23, 2019, 10:04:22 AM »
LOL

I am still waiting for a twin engined tank too.

The M24 Chafee will answer your prayers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M24_Chaffee

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Re: planes being main gunned
« Reply #77 on: July 23, 2019, 12:49:00 PM »
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Re: planes being main gunned
« Reply #78 on: July 24, 2019, 12:09:44 PM »
Nearly all of my main gun kills were on planes that were flying directly at my tank and flying on the deck basically level.  That makes for a very easy shot even with AP.

I've had one really good deflection shot on a plane from a tank that took a bit of strategy, some good estimating and a lot of luck.  I used a HE shell to kill a landing plane from 1.6K after I found the range to the runway by shooting some fuel tanks after the other player tracked me.

Here's the recording of that incident.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUeDy9IUczY

Anyway, running over a plane with a GV is a lot more fun than maingunning them so I digress...

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Re: planes being main gunned
« Reply #79 on: July 24, 2019, 04:52:26 PM »
Anyway, running over a plane with a GV is a lot more fun than maingunning them so I digress...
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You may ask yourself what should happen if you run through a 100 gallon + aviation fuel loaded plane, with sparks when metal meets metal as you crush the victim  :old:
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Re: planes being main gunned
« Reply #80 on: July 24, 2019, 05:36:17 PM »
You may ask yourself what should happen if you run through a 100 gallon + aviation fuel loaded plane, with sparks when metal meets metal as you crush the victim  :old:


Nawwww he doesnt care about what "may happen" hes just happy to game the game  :rolleyes: Im sure this NEVER caused a player to quit and cancel his/her subscription.

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Re: planes being main gunned
« Reply #81 on: July 24, 2019, 06:50:48 PM »

Nawwww he doesnt care about what "may happen" hes just happy to game the game  :rolleyes: Im sure this NEVER caused a player to quit and cancel his/her subscription.

So I guess you have never killed a player that had quit.


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Re: planes being main gunned
« Reply #82 on: July 24, 2019, 08:22:36 PM »
So I guess you have never killed a player that had quit.


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Re: planes being main gunned
« Reply #83 on: July 24, 2019, 08:33:21 PM »

Nawwww he doesnt care about what "may happen" hes just happy to game the game  :rolleyes: Im sure this NEVER caused a player to quit and cancel his/her subscription.

oh please...

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Re: planes being main gunned
« Reply #84 on: July 24, 2019, 11:36:03 PM »
Yawn.   In a game where one has many more hours practice than in real life.... many things are possible.
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Re: planes being main gunned
« Reply #85 on: July 25, 2019, 08:58:20 AM »
Yeah, pretty much after your first month you have exceeded the total number of hours the vast majority of pilots ever had in the war. Sure, there are exceptions and we have seen plenty of people that just cannot manage flying even in a game.
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Re: planes being main gunned
« Reply #86 on: July 29, 2019, 07:55:05 AM »
Do not compare flying a plane with creing a tank that, hopefully, stay on the ground and travels at 0-35mph.

The crew experience , coordination and gunner aim calculation hitting a moving target at the same 0 -35mph  affects the hit %, and concealing it minimize your getting hit.


A trained tank crew staye in the steel interior for days/months, sometimes doing pretty much everything inside it.


I recently read the "M4 death traps" , in late 1944 they seem to frequently man the tanks with infantry personnel from the reserve, had shot 3 rounds of AP ammo, and went into combat with men 3 inside the normally 5 crewed tank.  :huh

My ammo last for 6 Lancasters, or one Yak3.
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