Tonight I was shooting at a M16 parked on the Beach. I was in my LVTA4 lobbing shels at him from 24 out. Nice high ark those shels had.
First engagement I hit the M16 4 times( Tweak verified this he was M16), nothing hapend, untill the last shel hit, then he lost a track.
about 4 more rounds, 1 took his other track, 2 ricocheted off and apparently the 4th killed him.
He respawned:
5 hits about the same range, all ricochet, he lands it.
1st "?" why does it take more than one 75mm HE hit on a very lightly armored opentoped halftrack to kill it? let alone 8.( this btw was the first time I ever actualy got a kill aganst a M16 using the 75 on the LVT other times I have hit repatedly with little effect other maybe a track out)
2nd"?" why do High angle HE rounds actual ricochet, wouldent they detonate on impact, you could see them arching in then hit the hood and bounce up they other way.
A side issue, why( or is this just my experance) do M8 37MM ap rounds have little or no effect on the M3/M16? I have never damaged or killed one with this gun and I have fired at tons of them.
Why also did a osty take 6 37mm HE rounds point blank into it's tracks with no effect at all , and a 2 second burst of 50 cal can imobalise an osty?
BTW can we have a HEAT round for the LVTA4, it carried them.