Stupid Question: What's it take to kill a Tiger?

[LePaul]

These suckers seem to take more ordinance than a CV to kill.  I went in on one just after a Stuka put a 1800kb bomb on his nose.  I was in a P38 and put 2 1k bombs and 10 rockets on him....and that lil "Timex" kept on ticking.

Also, is the pintel gun tracerless?  I'm hearing pings but not seeing anything.

I tried the *mighty* IL-2 tank killer and was swatted out of the sky at 1.2k out by machine gun fire.     Just, um, what kinda tanks can our IL-2 kill?

So what's it take to kill em  

[SLO]

2 1000 pounders right in his turret...and boom went the Tiger:eek:

[Eagler]

Originally posted by LePaul
So what's it take to kill em  

the new GV due out in 1.12
Little Black Sambo

[F4UDOA]

Eagler,

Are you really Trent Lott??

[maxtor]

Very interesting stories of how real life Tigers were brought down.

http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Arena/5096/upgtiger.htm

(I managed to kill a Tiger with a M8 in AH in a similar manner)

If you like tiger Tank photos - this is the link for you:

http://www.tiger-tank.com/index.html

[Ripsnort]

A 30+ Goon raid on any enemy field

[Preon1]

got one with a single 1000 pounder

[Eagler]

Originally posted by F4UDOA
Eagler,

Are you really Trent Lott??

Can't be, maybe some kind of Byrd though

[Ouch]

I lost 3 of the SOB's last night, so they can be killed.

Each was to an aircraft (or multiple aircraft) attacking.

The first, I lost my engine to someone when they hit me and the VH.  Unfortunately, I was moving fast enough that by the time I stopped, I was outside of the spawn point.

After waiting 10 minutes for someone to bring supplies, I was killed by an unknown source.

The second, I lost a tread to a bomb, the other tread to a couple of rockets, and then spent 30 minutes pleading for someone to come resuply me.  Finally got taken out by a swarm of other panzers.

The third was a one hit kill by someone (I assume a plane since there were no visible tanks).  Musta landed the bomb on top of me.

Ouch out.

[AKDejaVu]

A direct hit with a bomb or another Tiger.  Or... a panzer if the tiger driver has his head up his kazoo.

I've downed 4 fighters with a tiger this tour, 3 in one sortie.  I've only hit 2 of them with the MG... none of which did much damage.  I am amazed at how many people simply auger in next to them.

AKDejaVu

[Ecliptik]

Also, is the pintel gun tracerless? I'm hearing pings but not seeing anything.

Tracers on any vehicle guns other than the heavy cannons (75mm, 88mm) are optional.  You can disable them by checking the no-tracers box in the flight setup.

[ccvi]

Originally posted by AKDejaVu
I am amazed at how many people simply auger in next to them.

You don't watch you fellow bishs attacking airfields, do you?

[LLv34_Camouflage]

1800 kg is about 4000lbs.  A near miss should throw the Tiger 30ft in the air.

Camo

[hazed-]

I had the same thing happen to me..


I, in a stuka dropped a 1000kg (@2200lbs!) on a tiger and it didnt even lose its mgs! it kept firing both shells and the top mg.

I then dropped 2x 250kgs (@2x550lbs) and even saw one of the bombs strike with a hit flash!

again no effect it seemed.
Either theres a bug or this is how the tigers armour is>
I must say I do want the Tiger to be formidable, and very good at stopping AP shells.But what i dont want is this totally unrealistic survivability in huge HE explosions.
If you ever saw the films of the Tigers which were bombed in Normandy, you would know these tanks were 'blown into the air like matchboxes' (quote from a german POW who witnessed it)

Well i think a 1000lber (or even a 500lber?) would do just that to Tanks. They should at least take massive damage to tracks or the gun right? if not blown over and totally destroyed?

Would it be possible to make tigers more vulnerable to large bombs without reducing its durability to AP shells fired from vehicles?

I dont want to drive a supertank in AH, just one that is accurate to the real world physics.ie it gets hit by a large bomb and its all over!. Although, i still want to have a few 75mms bounce off my turret

so is it a bug or the DM?

[Otto]

Stupid Question: What's it take to kill a Tiger?

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