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Title: Fifty MM Cannon
Post by: smoe on September 15, 2012, 11:05:31 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNaaJxfeRr8&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNaaJxfeRr8&feature=related)

Are those self-guiding rounds or what?
Title: Re: Fifty MM Cannon
Post by: Karnak on September 15, 2012, 11:37:40 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNaaJxfeRr8&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNaaJxfeRr8&feature=related)

Are those self-guiding rounds or what?
No, same gun as the 50mm on our Me410.

The experiment on the Me262 was considered a failure and the idea was abandoned.
Title: Re: Fifty MM Cannon
Post by: SmokinLoon on September 15, 2012, 01:45:47 PM
Speaking of which... has anyone else tested out the HE damage of the 50mm on the Me410 yet?
Title: Re: Fifty MM Cannon
Post by: Tinkles on September 15, 2012, 02:03:18 PM
50mm takes out a b17 in 1 hit.  Works effectively against cv (need a few to help take a cv down, or a few ups if not shot down) But effective a long range.  At least double the range of the B25h' 75mm, since the 75mm round explodes after a distance, the ME410's 50mm doesn't, since it's AP.
Title: Re: Fifty MM Cannon
Post by: Karnak on September 15, 2012, 02:18:47 PM
Speaking of which... has anyone else tested out the HE damage of the 50mm on the Me410 yet?
I have done so on buildings.  Don't recall precisely what it did.  I think about 55lbs of damage.  I'll check when I get home where I have the precise number recorded.
Title: Re: Fifty MM Cannon
Post by: NOT on September 15, 2012, 02:23:24 PM
50mm takes out a b17 in 1 hit.  Works effectively against cv (need a few to help take a cv down, or a few ups if not shot down) But effective a long range.  At least double the range of the B25h' 75mm, since the 75mm round explodes after a distance, the ME410's 50mm doesn't, since it's AP.
I have never seen a 75mm rd from the B25, or any vehicle that carries it, explode after a distance. Unless it hit something....... What would this distance be, approximately??




NOT
Title: Re: Fifty MM Cannon
Post by: Zodiac on September 15, 2012, 06:33:17 PM
50mm takes out a b17 in 1 hit.  Works effectively against cv (need a few to help take a cv down, or a few ups if not shot down) But effective a long range.  At least double the range of the B25h' 75mm, since the 75mm round explodes after a distance, the ME410's 50mm doesn't, since it's AP.

The 75mm does not explode after a certain distance, it does however have quite a rate of drop.
Title: Re: Fifty MM Cannon
Post by: Tank-Ace on September 15, 2012, 07:45:14 PM
Also, the 50mm isn't firing AP rounds. Otherwise it would be the most effective tank-busting platform in the game, in all probability.
Title: Re: Fifty MM Cannon
Post by: Karnak on September 15, 2012, 08:57:33 PM
I have done so on buildings.  Don't recall precisely what it did.  I think about 55lbs of damage.  I'll check when I get home where I have the precise number recorded.
My tests had it doing 54.68lbs of damage to buildings.