T-34 repetitive shooting AC down is near imporrible.

[Animl-AW]

Watched this twice in 10 seconds. A T-34 (name withheld)  shot down 2 planes, a 51 and D9 with one shot each. That's crazy.

The odds of a T-34 tank hitting an aircraft with its main gun were very low, especially if the aircraft was moving and flying at low altitude. It was possible, though, and a lucky hit could bring an aircraft down. 2 times in 10 seconds?

The T-34's main gun was designed to fight tanks, not aircraft. Depending on the version, it carried a 76.2 mm gun (T-34-76) or an 85 mm gun (T-34-85)

For a rough, illustrative estimate, a single shot at a moving aircraft in the very low single-digit percentages or below, depending heavily on the circumstances.

Just sayin

[The Fugitive]

Its called practice. Some of these guys in these t34's fire more rounds than whole brigades ever did.

[Animl-AW]

Its called practice. Some of these guys in these t34's fire more rounds than whole brigades ever did.

I'm not saying it's anything, I am saying it's near impossible and some do it over and over,.... I'll leave it right there. You'd be lucky to do that once in a lifetime if you practiced every min of the day for years. The odds are against any protective support.

[The Fugitive]

I'm not saying it's anything, I am saying it's near impossible and some do it over and over,.... I'll leave it right there. You'd be lucky to do that once in a lifetime if you practiced every min of the day for years. The odds are against any protective support.

Your confusion real life with a game. Heck you could park a t34 in off line and I'll bet in an hour or two of shooting at the "predictable" path of the drones circling the field even you would start getting hits.

[Animl-AW]

Your confusion real life with a game. Heck you could park a t34 in off line and I'll bet in an hour or two of shooting at the "predictable" path of the drones circling the field even you would start getting hits.

Ya I get it, as stated in RL. Predictable is different than random target course.

[Dadtallica]

I’ve both done this back in the early days when I tanked a lot more than I do now and I’ve also been incredibly upset by people doing it to me.

It’s just muscle memory. Real life aside.

[Animl-AW]

I guess there's something to be said about a gamer having 10,000 times more practice than real life.
However, that's like duck hunting with a .22 cal. I could see a set of buffs as the target is much bigger, the odds increase.
To be able to repeat it in seconds, better yet 100s of times, is way outside the scope of reality. It makes the imagination spin, it will surely grab your attention, as it should.

[1stpar3]

I guess there's something to be said about a gamer having 10,000 times more practice than real life.
However, that's like duck hunting with a .22 cal. I could see a set of buffs as the target is much bigger, the odds increase.
To be able to repeat it in seconds, better yet 100s of times, is way outside the scope of reality. It makes the imagination spin, it will surely grab your attention, as it should.

Kind of like "on the wing shooting" with Archery.   Just takes practice.   I have hit planes with an 88mm. Not puffy, actually hitting with the shell itself.  I even watched a guy get 2 planes with a Shore Battery back-to-back.    I have been main gunned a few times, 3 or 4?   Most folk get killed by HE into the ground or nearby trees. Fixable with proper dive and recovery angles. They get a lot of practice, so it isn't all that improbable. Just another episode of "Well that happened!" and move along.

[LCADolby]

imporrible

Impossibly-Horrible, I like it 

[AKKuya]

The question are they using HE or AP?  AP kills of aircraft are the stuff of legend.

[oTRALFZo]

   Most folk get killed by HE into the ground or nearby trees.

I am a victim of this a LOT. Many times I  fly about 500-600 meters off the ground to blow up when I near the tank.

My question is. In theory, that HE shell has to have an explosion above tree top and I have never seen any war footage or knowledge of a HE shell having a blast radius that even comes close to that. Maybe, possibly a Flak 88 can come close?

[Chris79]

Add a 1 sec delay while firing a main gun of a tank from the unbuttoned commanders position. The other solution is don’t fly in a predictable path.

[hazmatt]

I heard a discussion once where they mentioned using hvap to shoot planes since it was supposedly fastest an flattest shooting. I've never seen the HE thing as most planes aren't that low to the ground.

[JimmyD3]

There are 2 ways to "main gun" a plane.

1. Pure ballistics, if the round hits the plane it dies. That could be any type of round, HE/AP/HVAP
2. Aircraft is killed by the blast zone of an HE round, much like the effects of an 88 round exploding adjacent to an aircraft.

[Dadtallica]

If the plane is diving straight down upon you and you can point your gun at it, it’s not that difficult to hit it in the nose with a little practice.

I’ve also definitely been hit by the Shell underneath me, but I fly on the deck quite a bit.