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Title: I have found new means of fun.
Post by: JOACH1M on October 16, 2017, 07:53:27 AM
For over 8 years now and (still even today) I have been all about the air battling. Up until recently I have found a new love. Killing tanks in a Ju-87g2. It’s extremely satisfying and somewhat challenging. 7/7 recommend trying this if you are board with some aspect of the game.
Also. Mosquitos are BA. One of my new fav planes. Try one
Title: Re: I have found new means of fun.
Post by: Blinky on October 16, 2017, 08:08:26 AM
For over 8 years now and (still even today) I have been all about the air battling. Up until recently I have found a new love. Killing tanks in a Ju-87g2. It’s extremely satisfying and somewhat challenging. 7/7 recommend trying this if you are board with some aspect of the game.
Also. Mosquitos are BA. One of my new fav planes. Try one
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Title: Re: I have found new means of fun.
Post by: waystin2 on October 16, 2017, 09:29:00 AM
Ju-87g2 is for Girls. Real men use the Hurri IID with the 40MM AP of doom! :aok We will have to compare notes. I have had zero luck cracking Tigers, and T-34/76's take some work. Everything else is a tasty treat. :devil
Title: Re: I have found new means of fun.
Post by: Mister Fork on October 16, 2017, 09:51:21 AM
Only slipper wearing-housecoat lovers use the lame-o Hurri IID. Real pilots use the B-25 with the 75mm potato gun. :banana:
Title: Re: I have found new means of fun.
Post by: waystin2 on October 16, 2017, 09:53:02 AM
Only slipper wearing-housecoat lovers use the lame-o Hurri IID. Real pilots use the B-25 with the 75mm potato gun. :banana:
OH! Sounds like we have the making of a tin can opening contest LOL! :lol
Title: Re: I have found new means of fun.
Post by: Becinhu on October 16, 2017, 10:56:57 AM
Personally I have more luck with the hurricane 2D. Although recently I have been doing surprisingly well with the 110. With a lot of luck I killed 4 tanks in one sortie with it, guns only. 1 m8 (no challenge), 1 panzer, 1 m18, 1 wirb. The panzer was the surprise kill. Didn’t think the 30mm could crack it.
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Title: Re: I have found new means of fun.
Post by: waystin2 on October 16, 2017, 11:26:02 AM
Personally I have more luck with the hurricane 2D. Although recently I have been doing surprisingly well with the 110. With a lot of luck I killed 4 tanks in one sortie with it, guns only. 1 m8 (no challenge), 1 panzer, 1 m18, 1 wirb. The panzer was the surprise kill. Didn’t think the 30mm could crack it.
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I have busted Wirbels with the 37mm HE on the YakT (straight down into turret) but never a Panzer. Where did you hit it? :headscratch:
Title: Re: I have found new means of fun.
Post by: JunkyII on October 16, 2017, 11:28:39 AM
I've killed turrets or tracks on Panders but never been able to kill one with 30MM
Title: Re: I have found new means of fun.
Post by: Becinhu on October 16, 2017, 12:12:13 PM
I have busted Wirbels with the 37mm HE on the YakT (straight down into turret) but never a Panzer. Where did you hit it? :headscratch:
It took two or three passes, but it popped when I was shooting at about a 40 degree angle into the engine from the rear. It shocked me because I didn’t think it was possible.
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Title: Re: I have found new means of fun.
Post by: Volron on October 16, 2017, 12:22:16 PM
I have busted Wirbels with the 37mm HE on the YakT (straight down into turret) but never a Panzer. Where did you hit it? :headscratch:
I've busted T-34's with the Yak 9T, so it's quite doable. :)
Also: 87G is a true man's machine. Once you at there, you are stuck there until everything is dead. All or nothing. :D
Title: Re: I have found new means of fun.
Post by: Lusche on October 16, 2017, 12:35:02 PM
The guns of the Ju-87G are superior to the Hurri D, but they are more difficult to employ (slower, less maneuverable plane, angle of impact playes a much greater role with the Junkers than with the Hurri D). Also, no MG to shoot the running troops ;)
Title: Re: I have found new means of fun.
Post by: bozon on October 16, 2017, 12:44:50 PM
Also. Mosquitos are BA. One of my new fav planes. Try one
You have seen the light! Praise the greatness of the flying pianos with hispanos! :pray :pray :rock
Title: Re: I have found new means of fun.
Post by: AAIK on October 16, 2017, 12:54:28 PM
When vehicles first came out, you could kill panzers with the 30mm mk108.
Things have changed alot and I doubt the kill was due to the 30mm,Becinhu, probably someone else shot at it with a tank or they just ended sortie.
Title: Re: I have found new means of fun.
Post by: mbailey on October 16, 2017, 01:44:42 PM
GV hunting in the G2 is a blast, one of my favorite things to do in game. I can open up a Sherman like a can of tuna with it :aok
Title: Re: I have found new means of fun.
Post by: Flayed1 on October 16, 2017, 02:01:09 PM
Back in AH2 I used to constantly pop tank engines with the 37 on the 9T. Have not tried it much in AH3 and I can already see where it is much more difficult due to the updated terrain (tree's) but I will be giving it a go in the future. :)
Title: Re: I have found new means of fun.
Post by: Copprhed on October 16, 2017, 02:16:22 PM
You have seen the light! Praise the greatness of the flying pianos with hispanos! :pray :pray :rock
Bozon, SHHHHHH! I want everyone to look at the Mosquito and the 110 as fodder! It makes it so much more poignant when they fall down!
Title: Re: I have found new means of fun.
Post by: zack1234 on October 16, 2017, 02:33:20 PM
Yak9T was invented in the UK :old:
Title: Re: I have found new means of fun.
Post by: Lusche on October 16, 2017, 02:40:08 PM
We interrupt this thread for an important statistical message:
In the 2017 season, the Ju-87G is ranked #17 in airborne tank killers with 658 registered kills. The Hurri D is #18 with 655 kills. The Il-2 has made a stunning comeback and is currently #2 (2367 kills). Uncontested #1 still the A-20 (4463 kills)
We now continue with this thread. :old:
Title: Re: I have found new means of fun.
Post by: Volron on October 16, 2017, 02:46:03 PM
We interrupt this thread for an important statistical message:
In the 2017 season, the Ju-87G is ranked #17 in airborne tank killers with 658 registered kills. The Hurri D is #18 with 655 kills. The Il-2 has made a stunning comeback and is currently #2 (2367 kills). Uncontested #1 still the A-20 (4463 kills)
We now continue with this thread. :old:
A-20 doesn't count. It only uses bombs. :P
Title: Re: I have found new means of fun.
Post by: Becinhu on October 16, 2017, 03:06:48 PM
We interrupt this thread for an important statistical message:
In the 2017 season, the Ju-87G is ranked #17 in airborne tank killers with 658 registered kills. The Hurri D is #18 with 655 kills. The Il-2 has made a stunning comeback and is currently #2 (2367 kills). Uncontested #1 still the A-20 (4463 kills)
We now continue with this thread. :old:
How many of those IId's were mine Lusche?
Title: Re: I have found new means of fun.
Post by: Lusche on October 16, 2017, 03:36:05 PM
That wouldn't help you in this specific instance. It only shows total kills in the Hurricane D. My list was about killed tanks (M-18 excluded) only. :old: You would have to look it up yourself for the last 10 tours...
Title: Re: I have found new means of fun.
Post by: wil3ur on October 16, 2017, 03:43:46 PM
I still think the IL2 is an amazing base defense plane. There were a few people who were very vocal about it being nerfed because F3 was taken away... I still love to fly it, and love to be able to reach out and touch people with the 37s... It can turn very well with flaps out and can take a beating. It's a lot of fun to defend bases with still. F3 is for noobs. :old:
Title: Re: I have found new means of fun.
Post by: 8thJinx on October 16, 2017, 05:11:06 PM
HurriD is better, imho. Much more fun to fly, better punch.
Title: Re: I have found new means of fun.
Post by: Lusche on October 16, 2017, 05:20:36 PM
I've killed turrets or tracks on Panders but never been able to kill one with 30MM
Kingpin has killed my panzer with 50cals from a jug.. Shoots straight down the turret... Flys up rolls over blasts right on top not from side but straight down.. Two or three passes I think he penetrates and kills my driver rather than just damaging my panzer
Title: Re: I have found new means of fun.
Post by: atlau on October 16, 2017, 11:40:26 PM
Ki61 is probably the most underappreciated plane in the set, IMHO.
It really is capable. Not fast, but it dives well and turns reasonably well. And it holds E very well after a dive. I know I've chased people from on high in vastly faster planes and kept up with them beyond expectation many times.
Wiley.
Title: Re: I have found new means of fun.
Post by: AAIK on October 17, 2017, 11:06:26 AM
ki-61 screams of mediocracy: Its average at everything. Very similar to a 205 but with worse energy retention. It does carry two bombs though.
Title: Re: I have found new means of fun.
Post by: wil3ur on October 17, 2017, 11:36:51 AM
ki-61 screams of mediocracy: Its average at everything. Very similar to a 205 but with worse energy retention. It does carry two bombs though.
Which makes it even more fun when you rage on an LA7 or Spixteen in one, or chase a diving pony who soon finds out you're much more maneuverable at high speeds and won't compress like a silly 205.
Title: Re: I have found new means of fun.
Post by: JOACH1M on October 17, 2017, 11:50:31 AM
Kingpin has killed my panzer with 50cals from a jug.. Shoots straight down the turret... Flys up rolls over blasts right on top not from side but straight down.. Two or three passes I think he penetrates and kills my driver rather than just damaging my panzer
Yup very doable to panzers.. i dont think ive been able to crack a t34 though
Title: Re: I have found new means of fun.
Post by: SmokinLoon on October 17, 2017, 01:49:51 PM
The Ju87G-2 is my favorite T34 can opener. The slower and heavier aircraft in the Ju87 makes for a more challenge, but the guns are top notch. I have my convergence at 250 and do my damnedest to get as broad side as I can (try for that 90° impact). So either go for the vertical dive down or the shallow horizontal dive for a square shot in to the rear or sides.
Once you get bored with the Stuka G2, try the 190F-8 with the AP rockets. THAT is a real challenge. Here are a few tips for the 190F-8 rockets:
They fire two from left wing, then two from right, rinse and repeat. So, on your first pass get low and try for a side impact vs the tank. Aim 1/3 to 1/2 the length of the tank ahead to the RIGHT (rockets fire straight from wing and to point of reticle aim), and fire TWO rockets only or else your just wasting ammo. Miss? Thats ok, you have 10 left. Next pass aim 1/3 to 1/2 to the LEFT of the tank (the next 2 rockets are from the right wing). Aim dead level, no need to accommodate for trajectory).
Title: Re: I have found new means of fun.
Post by: germ on October 17, 2017, 05:17:03 PM
it has 2 nose mounted cannon and wing mounted .50 cal
AFAIK, the cannons are not the same as the zeke - they have a higher rate of fire. Like a few other rare fighters in the MA, the ki61 greatest assets are that people don't know how to fight against it, and the total disrespect with which they approach it. A skilled pilot can go along way exploiting these two factors even in a mediocre fighter.
Title: Re: I have found new means of fun.
Post by: BBQsam on October 18, 2017, 12:30:43 PM
ki-61 screams of mediocracy: Its average at everything. Very similar to a 205 but with worse energy retention. It does carry two bombs though.
Strangely enough, it shouldn't carry 2 bombs. It never did. It was never to carry ground ord in WW2. It carried drop tanks and these oddly-shaped phosphorous airburst bombs that did nothing other than make cloudy streaks in the sky, but not bombs.
That said it can be fun. I like the 205 better but it, too, has its handling issues. Both are little unsung heroes of the midwar planeset.
Title: Re: I have found new means of fun.
Post by: Oldman731 on October 18, 2017, 09:13:14 PM
Apply more slime to fuselage wings and tail and you won't have this problem as the rounds will just slide off. You going dry there snail? :P
Title: Re: I have found new means of fun.
Post by: save on October 20, 2017, 01:52:16 AM
the antitank rockets of the 190F8 should be able to penetrate most armor at perpendicular angle, and you got 12 of them, and a bomb for that pesky Wirbie, I think i have killed most tanks with rockets except the Königstiger.
Title: Re: I have found new means of fun.
Post by: NatCigg on October 20, 2017, 04:46:43 AM
For over 8 years now and (still even today) I have been all about the air battling. Up until recently I have found a new love. Killing tanks in a Ju-87g2. It’s extremely satisfying and somewhat challenging. 7/7 recommend trying this if you are board with some aspect of the game.
Also. Mosquitos are BA. One of my new fav planes. Try one
thats all gravy son, now go get a job wife and kids and tell me more. :old:
:cheers:
Title: Re: I have found new means of fun.
Post by: JOACH1M on October 21, 2017, 12:34:22 AM