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Help and Support Forums => Aces High Bug Reports => Topic started by: kamori on April 06, 2008, 10:43:28 AM
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I have noticed that the whirblewind turret can be taken out w/ a m-3 head on with a few hits this has happened to me on 2 different ocasions. Also watched 3 of us loose them approching a town as soon as the ak came up.
Kamori
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I don't see this as a bug.
The Wirbelwind turret is lightly armored with 16mm plate only.
According to http://gva.freeweb.hu/weapons/usa_guns2.html the 37mm gun of the M8 can easily penetrate this:
AP M74 shot: Penetration 36mm at 0° / 457m and still 26mm at 20° / 914m
According to http://www.wwiivehicles.com/usa/guns.asp#37mmM5/6, using APC the penetration alues are even higher.
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I think i stated the M-3....
Kam
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15mm is a bit over half an inch. The 50cal round can punch through 2 separate plates of 1/4 inch steel armor plating placed 1 meter from each other, with the shot fired from 1000 yards away. I've seen this done with a sniper rifle on a show on TV [discovery channel demonstrated it], but with the same basic round as is in the Browning guns.
I think it's just the thin skin of the turret being shot up, but who knows, I could be wrong.
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I think i stated the M-3....
Kam
oooops :o
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Armour penetration is a non issue. I have shot a osti's turret out with the M3's pintle gun before the WW was introduced. If you can get a few to deflect into the turret you kill the gunner :P (tried with minimal up down movement near the turret edge). Of course he then got to his chasis mounted MG and killed my driver... :D
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kamori i do it alot in an M3. you have to aim for the opening in the turret. i dont find this to be a bug bro. i can show you next time we are on at the same time we will go DA and you can spawn an M3 and me in a WW