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Title: MASSIVE power problem
Post by: the Lazy ace on March 12, 2006, 08:56:20 PM

after watchin a few WW2 films, ive noticed that when aircraft (mainley Axis) were hit by even a 50cal, it did not take alot of hits to bring it down. they didnt seem to lose the engine or wing or watever (altho they did catch fire alot), they just spued alot of smoke and crashed. When i take a hellcat or watever to war, it takes a lot of hits to get a kill. same goes for bomber-gunners. Now, tell me if im just halusinatin or its the game, but ive pondered bout this for awlie

Title: MASSIVE power problem
Post by: Tails on March 12, 2006, 10:42:23 PM

One thing you need to remember is that they dont always show the entire engagement from the guncam on most films and documentories. What looks like it only took a short squirt to do in a fighter may of been the tail end of a long engagement.

Title: MASSIVE power problem
Post by: DREDIOCK on March 13, 2006, 12:07:53 AM

An even better thing to remember is its not how many rounds you put in a plane.
Its where those rounds land.

You can use up your entire ammo load and if you dont hit anything important all your doing is poking holes in aluminum.

Yet one bullet to the cranium and thats all she wrote.

Just hitting the plane isnt often good enough. You gotta hit something vital.

The pilot,the engine etc

Title: MASSIVE power problem
Post by: Krusty on March 13, 2006, 12:50:37 AM

In real life all it took was bullets to pierce the gas tank, controls, pilot armor, pilot, fuel lines, wing radiator lines, hydraulics, you name it.

In AH the round stops at the "skin" of the plane, and adds damage to it. Once damage passes the "critical point" (whatever HTC has that set to) the part pops off. There is internal damage but it's limited.

So the reason it's harder to shoot things down in AH is because it's greatly simplified what can be hit, and how many hits equal "the part falls off".

Title: MASSIVE power problem
Post by: Schatzi on March 13, 2006, 04:32:49 AM

And the next thing is.... Whats your hit%? 5-10%? that means out of  300 CAL50 fired you will actually  hit with about 15-30 bullets in total. Not all that much, and from my experience, 300 rounds from a Pony DO kill a plane.

Title: MASSIVE power problem
Post by: Saxman on March 13, 2006, 11:33:30 AM

If you hit at the right spot and in convergence that 15-30 rds can clip the wings off most single-engine birds