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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: skorpion on October 05, 2011, 04:02:24 PM
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http://www.mediafire.com/?u8cs82b4kj8rmk9 (http://www.mediafire.com/?u8cs82b4kj8rmk9)
alright everyone, i finally made all my gunsights, and heres the first package. many more to come. i started back in august and now i finally finished. hope you all like them.
to get the gunsights, you need to unzip the folder, extract all the files and copy/paste them into the gunsights folder. im about 95% sure that these are in the 256 .BMP color format, if not, let me know and i will fix them.
EDIT: gunsights all work, tested it out with 2 computers, enjoy.
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i believe i added 35-ish gunsights, so its a big pack (bump :D)
also, forgot to mention, im coming out with a new gunsight package in about a couple days or so, i'd like some reccomendations on what to make, ex: a rocket gunsight, cannon gunsight, bomb, ect...
hope to get some positive feedback! :x
(i'd also like to know what color the next package should be, im thinking a sort of illuminated green) :cool:
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GS15 seems interesting, ill test it for gv hunting. btw this should be on sounds and skins
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GS15 seems interesting, ill test it for gv hunting. btw this should be on sounds and skins
i know it should be, but how do sounds/skins have to do with anything with gunsights? i think it fits in better here, or in the Aircraft/vehicle discussion forums. BTW, the GS15 and i think the RDS-1 are made for GV killing/bomber hunting.
thanks for the reply. nice to know that this is actually being used :salute
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http://www.mediafire.com/?3k4dk0bv4xwl8hd
ok, heres how im going to work this stuff, i will make beta packages then get feedback from them. after thats done i will make the full package with all the gunsights and so on, this is the green-illuminated gunsight package. go nuts and have fun.
-feedback requested but not required- :salute happy hunting!
"DOH!" posted the wrong link! :lol
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Anyone have anything on these at all? yeesh. tough crowd.
hoping the green illuminated sights are working right. i cant get onto mediafire to get them on my other computer because its being a pile of donkey crap. :bhead
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I could give you feedback but you wouldn't like it. It's akin to your comparison of how mediafire is acting.
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I could give you feedback but you wouldn't like it. It's akin to your comparison of how mediafire is acting.
please, feedback is wanted! :D also, did you try the finished product or my illuminated green gunsights? i'd say the illuminated ones are much better than some of the ones in the finished product in the OP.
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Shocked this hasn't been moved yet...
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i looked at them, nothing i can use.
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Shocked this hasn't been moved yet...
Of course not, BBS doesn't have a recycle bin :neener:
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I prefer a single dot ...2 at the most. Just my .02 cents
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Typical.....you guys want everything handed to you.
Maybe HTC can move the spawn points closer and bring airstarts to the main arena.
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sigh :frown:
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your very good at windows paint...
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your very good at windows paint...
says the kid who made his soundpack using only sounds that were made from other players and none of his own. :rolleyes:
paint is needed for gunsight making....
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paint is needed for gunsight making....
not when you have one of these bad bois :D (http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk121/TheAmish/sharpie.jpg)
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reminds me the time when i tried to skin with the windows xp paint :D if you can't laugh at yourself....
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well then, if i were playing some sort of star wars game, those could be useful.
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I know you went through a lot of work to make them but some of your sights are kind of cluttered. Most guys find that the least amount of clutter makes it easier to line up your target or guesstimate where to lead the target from without all those types of gunsight distractions. Try something more simple and use a program like Gimp.com
(http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii226/A8TOOL/Big_PIGASS.jpg)(http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii226/A8TOOL/Deadeye_200L.jpg)(http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii226/A8TOOL/Deadeye.jpg)(http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii226/A8TOOL/A8_enhanced_Dot.jpg)(http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii226/A8TOOL/MyDot_black.jpg)
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I've seen most of these sights in another pack...
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I've seen most of these sights in another pack...
how is that possible when there all 100% of my gunsights?
not when you have one of these bad bois :D (http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk121/TheAmish/sharpie.jpg)
:lol
sharpies are only good for paper! dont want to be drawing on the computer screen now do we? :D
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says the kid who made his soundpack using only sounds that were made from other players and none of his own. :rolleyes:
paint is needed for gunsight making....
why dont you listin smart. i make my own sound pack. i start with someones and then campar them to RL sounds and alter them if needed. i left the read me to the org sound pack beacuse i give them props for makeing there pack. not just making gunsights with windows paint.
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why dont you listin smart. i make my own sound pack. i start with someones and then campar them to RL sounds and alter them if needed. i left the read me to the org sound pack beacuse i give them props for makeing there pack. not just making gunsights with windows paint.
so you basically took someones idea, re-did it and gave yourself credit for making them? pssh yeah. ok. how about you make 40+ gunsights and tell me how you made them, im 100% sure you'll end up using paint anyways.
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why dont you listin smart. i make my own sound pack. i start with someones and then campar them to RL sounds and alter them if needed. i left the read me to the org sound pack beacuse i give them props for makeing there pack. not just making gunsights with windows paint.
No, He has a valid point of you taking others sounds "slightly" changing them, Then call them yours.
I havent downloaded the pack, I'm gonna here in a few minutes, anyway why does it matter if he used paint? Why would it matter if he used a different program?
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No, He has a valid point of you taking others sounds "slightly" changing them, Then call them yours.
I havent downloaded the pack, I'm gonna here in a few minuets, anyway why does it matter if he used paint? Why would it matter if he used a different program?
apparantly paint is "EZ" mode because you have all the tools laid out right in front of you. :lol
anyways, back on topic here, i'd kind of like some feedback on what kind of sight you all want exactly, like the colors and the size.
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No, He has a valid point of you taking others sounds "slightly" changing them, Then call them yours.
I havent downloaded the pack, I'm gonna here in a few minutes, anyway why does it matter if he used paint? Why would it matter if he used a different program?
only thing i keep is most of the time the engine sounds..... lets see here. my MK 2 sound pack was all mine besides a few GV's and i think i keept the KI84 and KI67 (because could not find a RL sorce) so um yeah.
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only thing i keep is most of the time the engine sounds..... lets see here. my MK 2 sound pack was all mine besides a few GV's and i think i keept the KI84 and KI67 (because could not find a RL sorce) so um yeah.
as far as i was concerned, the sounds were alot like someone elses ive heard, but just tweaked. you know thats called plaigarism right? taking someone elses idea, tweaking it a little, saying its yours and giving the original creator no credit is what plaigarism is. looks like you did just that.
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As far as the sounds go if there are no copyrights on them anyone can use them and tweak them as they see fit, as far as gunsights go it's the same deal. A Dot in the Center is the gunsight, other than Rocket rail guides (for certain planes) that's all you need in a site everything else is just needless lines and clutter to get in the way. Skorpion did you invent the idea of a center dot in a gunsight or are you just using someone Else's idea and tweaking it, don't accuse someone of taking someones idea and tweaking it when your doing it to. Ironic isn't it.
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A Dot in the Center is the gunsight, don't accuse someone of taking someones idea and tweaking it when your doing it to. Ironic isn't it.
i didnt make any gunsights with just a dot in the middle, theres other stuff around it, you might want to check that out first. theres no sight here with a plain ol' dot and nothing else around it like the white one A8TOOL posted on the last pic.
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no but all ur gunsites have dots in the middle. Did you come up with that on ur own or did u plagiarizer that?!
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sharpies are only good for paper! dont want to be drawing on the computer screen now do we? :D
but I DO ;)
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but I DO ;)
:lol i would, but apparently using permanent marker on a computer screen is FROWNED APON in this household!!! :furious
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skorpion couldn't get a clue if he were drenched in clue pheromones, dancing in a clue field in the middle of clue mating season, wearing a clue suit, and shouting, "Clooo! Cloooo!"
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Gunsight making is pretty much a useless endeavor, as someone will have to come up with something that tops what Sketch or the AoM's have out there. And I don't think that can be done.
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but I DO ;)
same...I just use a blue one.... :rofl
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same...I just use a blue one.... :rofl
lol yep it always shoots center screen.
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skorpion couldn't get a clue if he were drenched in clue pheromones, dancing in a clue field in the middle of clue mating season, wearing a clue suit, and shouting, "Clooo! Cloooo!"
:rofl
:bolt:
wrongway
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Hey man I like where you were goin with your idea, adding to the game. but all those sights were bout half rate at best. take a bit more time. Figure out a need, like a certain planes rockets then built a simple to use sight that someone can still see through. cause most of those Id rather just go without a gunsight.
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I know you went through a lot of work to make them but some of your sights are kind of cluttered. Most guys find that the least amount of clutter makes it easier to line up your target or guesstimate where to lead the target from without all those types of gunsight distractions. Try something more simple and use a program like Gimp.com
(http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii226/A8TOOL/Big_PIGASS.jpg)
I like Big_PIGASS, where can I get it? Thx
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so you basically took someones idea, re-did it and gave yourself credit for making them?
That is exactly what you did with a couple of "your" sights ... GS15 and RD-K14-1.bmp for example.
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finally tested out the gs15 and i liked it, but the thing that bothers me is that it is way to small, it would be better if you could make the outer circles with a bigger radius and leave the center one in the same size.
http://www.mediafire.com/?5g3ee995n3pn80m there it is, the sortie i used it. nishizwa ruined my party by slicing my plane and throwing it at the ground :mad: :D Salute Nishizwa!
reading slaps post then I dont know who made the gs15 but it works nicely, just needs to be a lil bigger on the outside circles
(http://media.moddb.com/images/members/1/301/300594/more_gs.png)
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Looks like someone modified my JPType98 Japanese gunsight from the Historic Pack download I posted back around August. I'm honored someone liked it that much. At least I give SAXMAN credit for his MKVIII gunsight in the historic pack because he did the original work creating it.
JPType98 by: bustr
(http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/9949/jptype98.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/214/jptype98.jpg/)
US NAVY MKVIII by: SAXMAN
(http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/8610/mkviii.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/838/mkviii.jpg/)
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lol Bustr that's why i use your gunsights Brutha Pig, you do all the mathamatical equations and testing before you even release them knowing they are going to work, the Cyan pack is the best.
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oh wow i feel cheated now :eek:
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as far as i was concerned, the sounds were alot like someone elses ive heard, but just tweaked. you know thats called plaigarism right? taking someone elses idea, tweaking it a little, saying its yours and giving the original creator no credit is what plaigarism is. looks like you did just that.
DO YOU READ? , i said i left there readme and the start sounds in MY pack. how is that no credit.
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DO YOU READ? , i said i left there readme and the start sounds in MY pack. how is that no credit.
what makes you think i even decided to look at the "first" version of your soundpack when you made it? i heard from other people what you did.
also, nice PM. hope to see you next week.
oh and bustr-your gunsight wasnt supposed to be in this pack, i accidentally put yours in instead of the one i made. :o (didnt realize it was in here)
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Lmfao see you next week. Skorpeon is now a mod for the forums of a game he doesn't even have an account for
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(http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s35/68zoom/fozzy.gif)
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skorpion what burst said is that his sight is that japanese one and your gs15 is exactly that sight with some cuts, it is even possible to see the small failures and non simetry in some cuts but i didnt mind that when i first used it since i thought you made that from a dot :frown:
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Don't worry. At least it's getting used in some form or another..... ;)
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skorpion what burst said is that his sight is that japanese one and your gs15 is exactly that sight with some cuts, it is even possible to see the small failures and non simetry in some cuts but i didnt mind that when i first used it since i thought you made that from a dot :frown:
like i said, it wasnt supposed to be included.
Don't worry. At least it's getting used in some form or another..... ;)
good to get all this cleared up! :salute at least you were cool about it.
unlike someone i know that doesnt go on this board would have freaked from my screw-ups. :lol
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what makes you think i even decided to look at the "first" version of your soundpack when you made it? i heard from other people what you did.
also, nice PM. hope to see you next week.
oh and bustr-your gunsight wasnt supposed to be in this pack, i accidentally put yours in instead of the one i made. :o (didnt realize it was in here)
The GS15 gun sight was not bustr's gun sight ... it was a changed version of his gun sight that you tried to (accidentally) pass off as yours.
How about the RD-K14-1 gun sight ? ... was that an accident too ?
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ok this one he made "cough"
(http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s35/68zoom/RD-K14-1.jpg)
looks alot like this one
(http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s35/68zoom/USK14Red.jpg)
also another spin off..
(http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s35/68zoom/bombsight.jpg)
Grandpa always said its easier to the the truth then to make up stories, less to remember when you tell the truth.
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ok this one he made "cough"
(http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s35/68zoom/RD-K14-1.jpg)
looks alot like this one
(http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s35/68zoom/USK14Red.jpg)
also another spin off..
(http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s35/68zoom/bombsight.jpg)
Grandpa always said its easier to tell the truth then to make up stories, less to remember when you tell the truth.
I guess we shared the same Grandpa.
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i do have a lost brother. :O
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I don't realy care who does what to my gunsights. I make a point of giving credit to the originator of the base gunsight that I modify to perform a job. You didn't do the original work by simply erasing lines which anyone with Paint can do.
You guys making gunsights need to build them in 512x512 format. It does require using a (.mil) file with 256 in it - gunsight.bmp / gunsight.mil. This gives you 1Mil = 2 Pixel. At that point your rings 120Mil, 100Mil, 60Mil, 50Mil mean something if you perform the math. 20, 10, 5 Mil tick marks have meaning for shallow dive bombing and rockets based on flying level at 2-3k feet to reach 250-300 IA and begin a shallow dive from about 3k yards out from the target. Hitech's environment supports the real world dive bombing formulas based on speed, angle of attack and traditional gunsights.
If you build this gunsight you can use it offline with the dive bomb comp sight enabled to learn what alt, speeds and angle of attacks work for bombs and rockets. It's in 512x512 format. 100Mil main ring. And the ladder marks are every 5Mil or 10Pixel to 70Mil below center. It's a modified N-3B dive bombing gunsight for P39/P40. The original ring is 70Mil. No Mil numbers or 5Mil minor marks. The original ladder starts about the 30Mil mark. I replaced the original dot with a cross that shows up in the fixed ring of the K14 Gyroscopic gunsight.
Modified N-3B Dive Bombing Sight
(http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/5865/n3rmp.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/21/n3rmp.jpg/)
This is what the real K14 Gyroscopic Gunsight's 6 pointed star graticule looks like.
(http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/9169/k14star.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/13/k14star.jpg/)
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Hey bustr didn't you have a gun sight for the .75 mil on the B-25? I used to have it but since I have changed computers I lot it. If you have it could you post a link to it?
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The B25-H had an N-3B ginsight with the adjustable bombing head mounted to it. The navigator would read out angles to adjust the tiltable reflector plate along with what speed the plane needed to be at to fire the 75mm at different ranges. Thats why you have that giant black dial on the left side of the gunsight in the B25-H.
Build the one above and use it in the B25-H. If you enable the lead comp and dive bombing lead sight offline. You can tag tanks as cons and the lead comp will move the gunnery green cross hairs into position for the tanks. If you use bombs it will move the dive bombing cross hairs into position. Map the sreen capture button so instead of firing the cannon or dropping a bomb when the cross hairs line up, you take a picture. That way you can keep track of where on the Mil ladder is the point for firing at given distances. Or where to release the bomb.
Convert that (jpeg) to a bitmap. Then use your (x, y) grid in your paint program to locate the start points for pulling a centered 100Mil circle along with where to place all of the lines. In 512x512 format just subtract 100 from 256 and pull your circle from:
(156, 156)
If you use (256, 256) as the center of the 512x512 bitmap mask all of the other parts are just even number proportional math you can do with the calculator in Windows.
Gunsight Format:
1.}512x512 8bit bitmap file. 1Mil = 2Pixel
2.}Black background. Keep a 5pixel border clear of color or it will bleed across your gunsight.
3.}Whatever you name the file : gunsight.bmp it will need a gunsight.mil with 256 in it. Open a text file and put 256 in it and save it as (name.mil.txt). Then remove the .txt part befor placing it in your sights directory.
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if you want a B-25 gunsight, for the 75mm i can give it to you. just dont know where i placed it...
Hey bustr didn't you have a gun sight for the .75 mil on the B-25? I used to have it but since I have changed computers I lot it. If you have it could you post a link to it?
EDIT: found it! :D (http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i336/igotafro/25H_75mm.jpg)
i know the circle is for close range, first line about 1k and the 2nd is about 2k. not sure about the 3rd though, i think it was either 3k or 2.5k.
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if you want a B-25 gunsight, for the 75mm i can give it to you. just dont know where i placed it...
EDIT: found it! :D (http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i336/igotafro/25H_75mm.jpg)
i know the circle is for close range, first line about 1k and the 2nd is about 2k. not sure about the 3rd though, i think it was either 3k or 2.5k.
No offense, but I wouldn't use that POS.
AKP's original 'how to' thread on the B25H gunsight from 2009.
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,266812.0.html
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No offense, but I wouldn't use that POS.
AKP's original 'how to' thread on the B25H gunsight from 2009.
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,266812.0.html
i didnt make it, it was someone else but if you have problems you can take it up with whoever made it.
just a sight i used first off until a better one came out.
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If you guys can convert the length of the CV to centemeters, yards to meters and get an Angular Mil formula from WiKipedia. Then you have the basis for setting up CV width lines on the 512x512 gunsight I posted in this thread. Offline you will need to determin the drop at say 4.4k, 4k, 3.5k 3k, 2.5k for the 75mm from an alt of 1-2k feet.
About half way down the page is a Metric Mildot formula.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angular_mil
1.}Fly at the CV at 90 degrees to it's line of travel about 1-2k feet high.
2.}Having determined the width of the CV in Mil at the various distances modify that gunsight with it and test shots for range.
3.}Place vertical bars on each side of center the width of the CV in Mil at each Mil range bar that works.
4.}Do all testing at full zoom.
Now after about 4-5 hours of offline work you have a point and click B25-H CV killing gunsight.
So how many of you are even gonna give this a try??
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after blowing my mind with another gigantic blast of gun-sight knowledge, I'm going to go play with it in offline...
Hell, I might make a video on it... "meh"
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what makes you think i even decided to look at the "first" version of your soundpack when you made it? i heard from other people what you did.
also, nice PM. hope to see you next week.
oh and bustr-your gunsight wasnt supposed to be in this pack, i accidentally put yours in instead of the one i made. :o (didnt realize it was in here)
lol so u not downloading it YOU ALREADY KNOW what its like try it for yourself.
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Gunsight making is pretty much a useless endeavor, as someone will have to come up with something that tops what Sketch or the AoM's have out there. And I don't think that can be done.
can you post a link to what Sketch or the AoM's have out there regarding "Gun sights"
I wasn't aware the AoM's had made any gun sights, am interested in seeing those, please... anyone???
didn't the single ( and double ) dot site come from Snapshots other squad or maybe the BK's? I ferget his older squads name? 13th? was it?
thanks
TC
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lol so u not downloading it YOU ALREADY KNOW what its like try it for yourself.
heres how i know- other people. you didnt even download the pack yourself. arent you only 10 or something?
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can you post a link to what Sketch or the AoM's have out there regarding "Gun sights"
I wasn't aware the AoM's had made any gun sights, am interested in seeing those, please... anyone???
didn't the single ( and double ) dot site come from Snapshots other squad or maybe the BK's? I ferget his older squads name? 13th? was it?
thanks
TC
as far as I know only the "Dot O death" is a AOM sight...
http://www.dasmuppets.com/gunsights/x1/X-1_gunsight.rar
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No offense, but I wouldn't use that POS.
AKP's original 'how to' thread on the B25H gunsight from 2009.
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,266812.0.html
Hehe... still use it too.
(http://home.comcast.net/~princeak/B25H75mmV3.bmp)
Once you learn how to use it, you can hit aircraft with the 75mm from 1500 out... rarely, but you can. What I have found it best for is deacking with one shot from 1500 out. Done properly, you can take out 3 guns in one pass. Also works great on softer ground vehicles, buildings, etc... Tanks are tricky. Each one has a soft spot that the HE round "can" get a kill with... but each one is different.
I actually made a simplified version of it that I use in everything else I fly too:
(http://home.comcast.net/~princeak/HaveANiceDay.bmp)
The outer set of diagonal lines match up with the bullet streams on "most" wing mounted guns. The inner diagonal lines match up with "most" nose mounted gun bullet streams.
I took most of the extra BS off of it, as it just clutters up things and isnt needed.
The vertical scale is for use with heavier cannons like the 37mm and 40mm... or the 75mm in the B25H. I left the range markers off of this one so its more generic. It is also somewhat useful for rockets. You will have to get the feel of where each cannon or rocket type falls on the scale as you use them.
It says "Have A Nice Day".... cause that's what I say to myself when I light someone up in it :)
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can you post a link to what Sketch or the AoM's have out there regarding "Gun sights"
I wasn't aware the AoM's had made any gun sights, am interested in seeing those, please... anyone???
didn't the single ( and double ) dot site come from Snapshots other squad or maybe the BK's? I ferget his older squads name? 13th? was it?
thanks
TC
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,194208.0.html (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,194208.0.html) Here is BOPs gunsights to look over until I can remember where I found Sketches link. If I can't find it i'll post what I have on Mediafire for ya. As far as AoM sights, IIRC I just got those off of their website. But that was a few years ago. I have no idea if they're still up. Maybe on of them could post something here on that.
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http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,194208.0.html (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,194208.0.html) Here is BOPs gunsights to look over until I can remember where I found Sketches link. If I can't find it i'll post what I have on Mediafire for ya. As far as AoM sights, IIRC I just got those off of their website. But that was a few years ago. I have no idea if they're still up. Maybe on of them could post something here on that.
psst...look up :D
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Here we go http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,282581.0.html (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,282581.0.html)
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can you post a link to what Sketch or the AoM's have out there regarding "Gun sights"
I wasn't aware the AoM's had made any gun sights, am interested in seeing those, please... anyone???
didn't the single ( and double ) dot site come from Snapshots other squad or maybe the BK's? I ferget his older squads name? 13th? was it?
thanks
TC
The Dot 'O Death that I made was a remake of the same infamous gun sight that the 13th TAS used.
The Dot 'O Death can be found here ...
http://www.dogfightersclub.org/gunsights/dot_o_death.htm
Anything else is a cheap imitation ... :D
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after blowing my mind with another gigantic blast of gun-sight knowledge, I'm going to go play with it in offline...
Hell, I might make a video on it... "meh"
Try using this to build your N-3B for your B-25H....Kinda looks like a GV gunners optic dosen't it? Same principles apply to a 75mm whatever you have it mounted in. The one in the B-25H is the T13E1 / M5 Light Weight 75mm. Muzzle velocity: 619 m/s (2030 ft/s).
----CV - 230m long
~56Mil @ 4400 yards<----Maximum efective range for T13E1 / M5 Light Weight 75mm.
~63Mil @ 4000 yards
~72Mil @ 3500 yards
~83Mil @ 3000 yards
100Mil @ 2500 yards
(http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/1262/n3cvrmp.jpg)
All of this bacame simple because HiTech was kind enough to adjust his gunsight FOV coad so 1Mil=2Pixel in 512x512 mode. You just plug numbers into an angular mil formula and out comes width in Mil at any given distance. You determin the drop point for the 75mm by flying between 1000-2000 feet north with the offline target out. 4400 yards is about the maximum resonable range for the 75mm.
Then you take your generalised numbers for drop and distance and place Mil brackets on a test gunsight at about the drop point below center that you think the round will hit the deck or hull when the CV just fits between the brackets. Remember, the speed the CV travels is fast enough that past about 3k you need to lead it a bit or you will watch your 75mm round land spot on but in the middle of its wake.
Four or five hours later it works about 70% of the time.
This is still up to your skill to make it work. Before the real B25H received the AN/APG-13A gunsight radar, hits beyond 2000 yards were about 1 in 9. Hits 2000 and closer were about 1 in 4 even with the range dial on the N3 gunsight. Attacking shipping 2000 and closer was very dangerous for the B25H crews in the Pacific. The late war AN/APG-13A gunsight radar made it possible to hit ships at 4000 yards outside of most man aimed ack fire.
Bet most of you are just gonna try and covert this thing to a bitmap and tell me to "fudge off". Too bad. You learn alot more about flying and shooting the B-25's 75mm by following all of these directions to build your own from scratch. That picture isn't scaled to 1Mil=2pixel. It's from a (How To) I wrote for my "Pigs" back around August of this year.
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Too bad. You learn alot more about flying and shooting the B-25's 75mm by following all of these directions to build your own from scratch.
Absolutely... and good stuff here! :aok