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Title: So, how many B-25's did you shoot down yesterday?
Post by: toonces3 on August 24, 2007, 10:51:51 AM
:D

I spent the evening suppressing wife ack, but I was oh so looking to up a G-14 and start shredding B-25's before the buff guys figured out how to fly em!

Was it a slaughter or what?
Title: So, how many B-25's did you shoot down yesterday?
Post by: whiteman on August 24, 2007, 10:57:32 AM
only got 5, the first one didn't want to go down. split the tails off the next three, guess thats the magic spot.

i flew it a couple times, fun ride.
Title: So, how many B-25's did you shoot down yesterday?
Post by: Squire on August 24, 2007, 11:00:42 AM
Incredible to see guys trying to fly the H model like a fighter, HOing with the 75mm...they all died in minutes.
Title: So, how many B-25's did you shoot down yesterday?
Post by: Sweet2th on August 24, 2007, 11:02:58 AM
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Originally posted by Squire
Incredible to see guys trying to fly the H model like a fighter, HOing with the 75mm...they all died in minutes.


Nothing like HOing a Sherman with the B-25.








And yes it has been figured out.
Title: So, how many B-25's did you shoot down yesterday?
Post by: Shuffler on August 24, 2007, 11:05:06 AM
They burn too easy.
Title: So, how many B-25's did you shoot down yesterday?
Post by: Sweet2th on August 24, 2007, 11:06:31 AM
And the pilot gets wounded awful fast.
Title: So, how many B-25's did you shoot down yesterday?
Post by: hubsonfire on August 24, 2007, 11:10:44 AM
The B25H has 1,469 kills, and 2,543 have been shot down.

Not bad for 24 hours. :rofl
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Post by: 5PointOh on August 24, 2007, 11:10:52 AM
Killed 11 yesterday...Osti vs. B25 makes me giggle
Title: So, how many B-25's did you shoot down yesterday?
Post by: Krusty on August 24, 2007, 11:19:47 AM
Well I got 4 kills (2 GV 2 P51D) and 3 assists (all fighters) and only lost 1 plane while pulling too many Gs too fast and ripping my wing off.

I DID give baldeagl a proxy for that, though :D

So, 4:1 kill ratio, not bad (not counting assists!)

EDIT: Those are kills IN a -25, not OF a -25, just to clarify.
Title: So, how many B-25's did you shoot down yesterday?
Post by: xtyger on August 24, 2007, 11:24:27 AM
I only got one.:cry

But I was too busy with other fighters to deal with 25s. Only reason I got the one I did get was because he seemed to be down with everyone else trying to dogfight.
Title: So, how many B-25's did you shoot down yesterday?
Post by: waystin2 on August 24, 2007, 11:52:58 AM
I nailed two in Ostie 1 kill/1 assist.  I nailed another one in a seafire.  That 75mm is unbelievable!  Those guys were on the deck alot.  I think it adds a whole new level of blow em up fun.
Title: So, how many B-25's did you shoot down yesterday?
Post by: Treize69 on August 24, 2007, 12:03:31 PM
Only saw one, killed it in one pass.

To paraphrase Yeager (or was in Anderson?) "The first time I saw a B-25, I shot it down."

:D
Title: So, how many B-25's did you shoot down yesterday?
Post by: Gulp on August 24, 2007, 12:06:46 PM
It will be a fun bird.  I killed a couple GVs, Augered a couple learning it's limits, and killed an LA with the top gun.

Killing ords won't help save GVs much anymore.  The 75 is easy to use and fun.

Big targets for an Osti, so should be some fun upping a Flak when a bunch of 25s are camping a spawn.
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Post by: VansCrew1 on August 24, 2007, 12:08:09 PM
B25's burn good and make a nice boom when they splat the ground.

:aok :aok
Title: So, how many B-25's did you shoot down yesterday?
Post by: The Fugitive on August 24, 2007, 12:09:58 PM
I only got 2.... lost them both turning too hard with my formation :D
Title: So, how many B-25's did you shoot down yesterday?
Post by: Platano on August 24, 2007, 12:42:00 PM
got 6 in one run yesterday..

Totaled about 15 last night :D
Title: So, how many B-25's did you shoot down yesterday?
Post by: Stampf on August 24, 2007, 12:53:31 PM
I didn't get any, but I got Vulched by one! :furious :lol
Title: So, how many B-25's did you shoot down yesterday?
Post by: storch on August 24, 2007, 12:59:01 PM
I got two A2A kills in the B25C while turnfighting it but lost a bunch of them by ripping the wings off in moderately steep dives
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Post by: gobucks on August 24, 2007, 01:02:04 PM
These B-25's are really helping my kill score in a flak-super easy to kill.

Woo Hoo

LOL
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Post by: USRanger on August 24, 2007, 03:15:46 PM
3 25s spotted, 3 25s dead:aok
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Post by: texasmom on August 24, 2007, 03:17:46 PM
None, saw a few hotshotting around though. Fun to watch.
Title: So, how many B-25's did you shoot down yesterday?
Post by: Treize69 on August 24, 2007, 03:27:09 PM
Ive gotten a bunch today in the MW, but that top gun is deadly if you drift above them. Sparkplug put a burst right through my cockpit when I tried to roll under him after an aborted pass.

From what I've seen, the tail seems weak and the wingroots light up awfully easy. But I've only fought the C's (and 1 G who tried going vertical with a '51B), so I'm not sure if the later one is mure rugged or just heavier. I know I'm staying out of its front quarter though.
Title: So, how many B-25's did you shoot down yesterday?
Post by: thndregg on August 24, 2007, 07:14:17 PM
I completely shredded only one B25.......in my (I know it's dweebish:noid ) Spit14 last night.
Title: So, how many B-25's did you shoot down yesterday?
Post by: DaddyAck on August 24, 2007, 11:48:05 PM
Ya know I was all happy cause I thought it would be a buffet....
Apearently it was, cause every time I would hear of an inbound b25 and scramble my 109 by the time I got to where they were all had been shot down!
Title: So, how many B-25's did you shoot down yesterday?
Post by: Rich46yo on August 25, 2007, 06:04:47 AM
I just took out 3 24s with the front guns of the H, from 1.5' out. Aim a little high and its like shooting ducks, tho I had to get rid of my bombs to catch the bombers. Had the pilot of the 24s flown them like we fly them then B-25 never would have had a chance. Fly them in at 5 k and your asking for trouble.

                           At 15,000' to 20,000' I doubt the 25 could even catch a B-24. I havnt figured out how Im going to use the B-25, if I use it at all. One things for sure I wont use it as a fighter.

                        It should be a fun mission airplane and an interesting addition to the game.
Title: So, how many B-25's did you shoot down yesterday?
Post by: uptown on August 25, 2007, 07:47:22 AM
I think I got 2 or 3 B25s last nite. It was cracking me up how they were trying to dogfight with em'. And almost all I seen flying around were on the deck......SWEET!  :D
Title: So, how many B-25's did you shoot down yesterday?
Post by: E25280 on August 25, 2007, 12:48:04 PM
We were providing target practice for the B-25s last night (or was it the other way around?) at A3 for a while.  I think it lasted perhaps an hour or so, maybe a little longer, before a nearby base was taken and a lot more friendlies and a more varied enemy group showed up.

But during the "Happy Time" where it was basically a duel between myself, LTARaptr and LTARdrgn and the very determined B-25 drivers, I managed to knock down 30 H's and 2 C's from an Ostwind for 5 deaths or less (not sure how many I had before last night, 5 deaths showing now).

LTARaptr stayed longer than I did, so I don't know how many of his 42 kills of the H and 7 of the C were after I left or perhaps in a different platform.

Poor LTARdrgn was in a Sherman almost the entire time keeping the ords knocked down on the base and providing protection for Raptr and me from the GVs trying to come up the hill to get us.  Still, he managed to knock down 9 H's and 1 C along the way (I don't doubt from his main gun a few times).

LTARhntr showed up just as the "Happy Time" was ending and a more varied opponent set was coming and other friendlies arriving.  He still got 5 of the H model.

Despite the carnage, I must say the B-25 is a very tough bird.  On a number of occasions one would pass over and keep going after both Raptr and I landed 2-4 hits each.  Hit location means a lot on this very strudy airframe.

I wish I could remember all those who kept coming at us, but my memory fails me -- the only name I can remember at the moment is HotHand.  I hope all of you had as much fun trying to take us out as we did trying to survive!  
Title: So, how many B-25's did you shoot down yesterday?
Post by: kennyhayes on August 25, 2007, 01:09:28 PM
got 1
Title: So, how many B-25's did you shoot down yesterday?
Post by: DEMONSLAYER on August 25, 2007, 02:57:49 PM
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Originally posted by hubsonfire
The B25H has 1,469 kills, and 2,543 have been shot down.

Not bad for 24 hours. :rofl



how did you find this out???
Title: So, how many B-25's did you shoot down yesterday?
Post by: cobia38 on August 26, 2007, 08:07:26 AM
25 aint that bad  so far i have baged a temp,f6,another25 and a b17
 only a few flights so far but it looks to be a fun ride.
Title: So, how many B-25's did you shoot down yesterday?
Post by: Scca on August 27, 2007, 09:41:52 AM
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Originally posted by DEMONSLAYER
how did you find this out???

Scores page, Kill Stats in an expanded format (IE only), do model vs model Choose B15H on one side, and all models on the other.

At 10:41 EST today (8-27) it's "B-25H has 5127 Kills of All models
All models have 8327 Kills of B-25H "
Title: So, how many B-25's did you shoot down yesterday?
Post by: Lusche on August 27, 2007, 10:28:26 AM
After only a few days, the B-25H is already ranked #7 on the Panzer's "Causes of Death" list. If you look only at planes that killed Panzer IV's, it's even #3, just behind Il-2 & A-20G
Title: So, how many B-25's did you shoot down yesterday?
Post by: Scca on August 27, 2007, 10:31:46 AM
Personally, I had a blast the night the B-25's were released..  

I sat at the base of a hill picking off osties in my M4 from over 3500 yards away.  They were so busy with the B-25s, it took a while for someone to figure out what was going on.  

I know I got over 15 confirmed kills, and countless assists..  It was like xmas :D
Title: So, how many B-25's did you shoot down yesterday?
Post by: Lusche on August 27, 2007, 10:35:44 AM
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Originally posted by Scca
Personally, I had a blast the night the B-25's were released..  

I sat at the base of a hill picking off osties in my M4 from over 3500 yards away.  They were so busy with the B-25s, it took a while for someone to figure out what was going on.  

I know I got over 15 confirmed kills, and countless assists..  It was like xmas :D


Opposite here. The B-25 have ruined my Hurricane IID game - now everybody rolls Ostwinds instead of Tigers, Shermans & Panzers :cry ;)
Title: So, how many B-25's did you shoot down yesterday?
Post by: 68Wooley on August 27, 2007, 11:26:24 AM
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Originally posted by E25280

Despite the carnage, I must say the B-25 is a very tough bird.  On a number of occasions one would pass over and keep going after both Raptr and I landed 2-4 hits each.  Hit location means a lot on this very strudy airframe.


I noticed that as well. Some 25's were going down to a single Osti hit. Others took two or three and rolled on by. I'll need to review the films to see where the weak points are.
Title: So, how many B-25's did you shoot down yesterday?
Post by: JohnnyT on August 27, 2007, 02:00:23 PM
Within hours of release, I had to try for a B25 kill.... Noticed a red dot headed for a rear airfield, so jumped in a Tiff and took off. Within moments, a formation of B25s came into view. I had to spend about 10 mins climbing up and chasing it, but eventually got close in. Lucky for me, the rear gunnery was bad, as I almost inviting death being so close behind the bombers. Didn't take very long for all 3 B25s to come apart. I'll never forget my first B25 kills :aok