1)Panzer armour and suceptability to small calibre fire
Agree. Panzers should ONLY lose their tracks and their pintle MG to 50 cal planes. I think only the 37mm in the yak9t and the 40mm on the hurricane should be able to damage the panzer. Ostwinds should lose their turret to ANY MG hit (including 303).. its an open hatch for feks sake. M16's and M3's should lose their gun turrets with a few hits of 50 cal. Their bullet shields only worked against rifle caliber , not 50 cals or bigger.
2)pintle mg on panzers is too powerfull for its rifle type calibre
Totally agree. I dont know how the hell a 7.9 mm can cause instant pilot wound every whoopee time a pz hits you. I've HO'd p47s and I still have to get a pilot wound. And guess which one is shooting more lead at you.
3)ball turret on B17 can fire through fuselage and tail up to 30 degrees too high
Lanc tail turret can also fire to 4 oc and 8 oc .
4)durability of LA7 seems too high(just opinion here)
Yep, considering its just an La5 with a few mods to its engine.. the La5 dies sssooo much quicker.
5)HE rounds on a 75mm gun are FAR too weak.(things like fuel tanks take 3-4 hits? ack has to be almost hit spot on)
HE rounds should, IMO, be the equiv. of 100lbs bomb EACH shell. Ive hit hangars with nearly all the M8 HE ammo and it was only until I had like 10 shells left that the hangar blew up.
6)smaller 100lb-250lb HE bombs are generally too weak.
Yes, there is no use for them in the game. Why take a small bomb when taking the biggest one is much better? Both bombs will drag you, both will be salvoe'd if in trouble, and the bigger bombs will do much more damage/flatten more town buildings. Would be nice if the heavy bombs were only available if the field's ammo dump or strat ammo factory are 100%. If they 75% or lower, only the 500lb or lower will be avaliable.
Ill add to your list:
7) Bombs have very little blast damage. A 1k bomb dropped a dozen yds from an M3... does NOTHING. You literally have to hit the thing directly or right next to it (inside 5 yds or so) to do any damage. IRL even a 100lb bomb dropped in 10 yds from it would flip the thing over. Would also be cool to see the shockwave from the bombs
8) M8's need smoke rounds. LOTS of them. Since there is no cover in the terrain for tanks, the smoke rounds would provide it. Give the M8 about 50 smoke rounds please.
9) Gunners on bombers wear deflector shields. Sit on the tail of a lanc and put a good spray of 50 cal on the very tip of the tail... and that tail gunner will shoot you down. Strafe a b17 from nose to tail with 50 cals or 303's... nada, all gunners keep firing. Only cannons seem to blow gunners away. Last time I checked the b17s' armor was nonexistant, even rifle bullets went through. So how is it a 50 cal or 303 hits all throught the fuselage does zilch to the gunners?
10) Truck convoys... strafe a truck with cannon and 50 cals.. and it keeps going. It takes 2 to 3 passes depending on plane's loadout to take down a single truck.
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