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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: B@tfinkV on January 25, 2008, 09:17:14 PM
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2 Ponies in a row somehow (http://www.freeroleentertainment.com/shermanAntiair.ahf) - film
B-25 tried to hurt sherman with his howi in the nose, well see sheman can play big guns too.
(http://www.freeroleentertainment.com/sherman.JPG)
some of the better tank drivers have done the same to me in the past, mostly using the M8.
do i qualify as an LTAR yet? :confused:
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Nice shot! I think Ive killed more planes with the Sherman than tanks.
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I've done this myself once or twice, it's always fun when you take out a plane with the main gun, you know they never saw it coming.
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Last month I was defending a vbase solo against a small group that kept running in 110s to try to track/kill my Shermy so they could run in an M-3. I think I got a total of 13 kills against them with the main gun. You would think after the first 4-6 kills, they would have gotten wise. :D
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very lucky shot more like, ty.
i actualy fired at the B25 then changed back to drivers seat instantly. then i got a kill. i had to go and look at the film to believe it.
was this type of thing ever done in real life? the sherman's gun has incredible elevation to work with.
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Wow! 1.5K out with a gv? Nice Shot! I've gotten Bombers coming into our CV from 4.0K out with the QUAD 40mm's once, and a P-47 3.0K out with the back 40mm.
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Originally posted by B@tfinkV
was this type of thing ever done in real life? the sherman's gun has incredible elevation to work with.
Yeah, somewhere around here I have a translation of a Russian tanker's memoirs. He was in Lend-lease Shermans as it happens.
He tells of one of his platoon tanks shooting down a German bomber with the main gun. They had elevated the front of the tanks on a slope.
If he was telling the truth, it did happen.
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brilliant, thanks toad. wow...maniacs. i bet they would have to dig the back of the tank out of the ground after a few shots.
that beats this one latrobe. i have never hit anything with the quads40mm in my life. i like the 5 inch guns tho.
i did once hit Ghi from 2.0k with an osti vs Me163. :)
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I shot a B25 from 2.5K out in a sherman once, coming right at me...he whined and whined on 200.
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its easy in a sherman because the sight is soooo big. way harder in a t34
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I remember my first flight in AH with a B25. I'm thinking watch out Gvs here I come to put a hole or three into you. :D
The sortie ended when one of them put a hole in me :furious
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Were you on the move too bat?? Looks like there is dust being kicked up by ur track....
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amazingly yes, going full speed. thats why i 'fired-and-forgot' then didnt see the hit as i changed to driver view. one shot fired as a joke really, one hit.
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I shot down an F4U that came to close to my shore battery once. He never saw it coming.
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Upped a tiger once just as the base I was on got captured. Got tracked just off the base and as I was sitting at that odd elevation a 110 came into view as he began his attack run. I fired at 1.2k, he died from an AP round on the nose. By the time they finished me off several 110's had died to my main gun, not to mention a couple of panzers and a few M8's. Had a blast, real shame I forgot to roll film.
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One of my squaddies made a sight for the B25H. I can lob the big sheels and hit real close from 3.0. I usually break off now by 1.0. Also vs Shermans I dont come straight in anymore. I try to do a curve in at the last second firing and breaking away. Same vs AAA guns.
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getting 2k shots on bombers is sooooo much fun with the sherman :D
knocking out whole sets of bombers even better and much more fun:D
i still can't figure out why a goon took 76mm of ap from my sherman to the windshield and lived though.... its happened twice now...:noid :lol :lol
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I'm about 90% killing planes in tanks (all types) with the main gun if they are flying straight toward me but that's one nice shot Bat. I have gotten a couple that way too but it's a pretty lucky shot when you do.
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cheers! you're most correct in the second sentance, this one was 99.9% luck. i am a terrible GV'er
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Bat, if i didnt know you as well as i did bud, id think you were a HACK!! lol..
Just kidding...
Some of the shots ive made in during a dogfight would astonish Chuck Yeager...
lol
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yeah well if i didnt miss dead 6 shots at 300 yrds all the time in fighters you might have a point :)
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Since everyone here has so much fun killing B25's and other planes with the Sherman, here's something I tried one day for fun and it worked. B-24's were coming in low to our base, I was in a B-25H shooting gvs up so decieded to kill the bombers while I'm at it. Chased him down for a minute or two and started lobing 75mm shells at him from 1.5K out. Got all three bombers with only 10 shots fired :D .
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I was attacking a town one day in a sherman with nothing but HE rounds. I came out of there with 18 kills......17 planes and 1 M8 (note i was not at the airfield so they had to be flyinh at me)
#S#
Banshee7
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Originally posted by B@tfinkV
2 Ponies in a row somehow (http://www.freeroleentertainment.com/shermanAntiair.ahf) - film
HEY IM IN THAT VIDEO!!! COOL!!!! R I teh Famous now?
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Tonight I used the M4 AAA system, popped Dantoo's tiger twice with my AP Rounds while I was trying to de-ack a field, he ups an Il-2 trying to strafe me and flew by, I wheeled around quickly, spitting a round out at 1.5 popped him climbing away, almost died laughing, 2nd time he ups did same thing, waited till he went by, aimed little higher then him and boom wing comes off.
Gotta say interesting to say least.
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Once i took out a plane (forgot what kind) with the triple 8s on a cruiser. It mad an explosion like on the ground in mid air....
bobtom