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Title: acks and .50s ?? to boom or not to boom...
Post by: mason22 on March 09, 2001, 10:43:00 AM
fatty and i were "de-acking" a base last night in P47s, after i had used up all rockets and bombs, we then turned to the 8 .50s to flatten the ack.

moral of the story, .50s don't work to well on ack!  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/frown.gif)

so, just how tough are they? how many rounds of .50s does it take to kill and ack? i know its a piece of cake with almost any cannon equiped AC.

anyone shed some light?
Title: acks and .50s ?? to boom or not to boom...
Post by: Ripsnort on March 09, 2001, 10:56:00 AM
.50's are the best guns to use on acks.  Last night I had extreme 'rubber bullet syndrome' along with spikes in connects under netstatus, so, I'll bet the massive downloads going on had something to do with it.  
Title: acks and .50s ?? to boom or not to boom...
Post by: mason22 on March 09, 2001, 10:58:00 AM
man i hope so Rip, it was insane how many times we lit up one little ack and came out in flames.
Title: acks and .50s ?? to boom or not to boom...
Post by: Kieran on March 09, 2001, 11:04:00 AM
That does seem odd; I was de-acking with impunity in the 51B- 4x.50's! The only trouble is it doesn't carry enough ammo to do the job and CAP.
Title: acks and .50s ?? to boom or not to boom...
Post by: Saintaw on March 09, 2001, 11:07:00 AM
Mason, 8 X .50's work Wonders on Acks (No need to stay on it, just "pass through"), Howver there is a BUG at certain places (or is it a connection matter) that some VH acks won't go Down at all with Guns.

I deack fields almost exclusively in P47 D30...when I decide to fly US iron, that is  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)

Saw

Title: acks and .50s ?? to boom or not to boom...
Post by: Fatty on March 09, 2001, 11:19:00 AM
That might be it SAW, it was a VH ack.  Befuddled as I'd strafed it 2 times, with engine out I laid 8 50s on it for about 5 seconds before dying with no damage.  Later I took some acks out with the YAK mg, so it could have been just that one.
Title: acks and .50s ?? to boom or not to boom...
Post by: Saintaw on March 09, 2001, 11:23:00 AM
Do a search in the "Bug report forum" on "VH acks", it nearly beats the ammount of "CV Acks" whines  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)

2 Rockets will do the job...if you aim better than I do  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)

Saw

Title: acks and .50s ?? to boom or not to boom...
Post by: AKDejaVu on March 09, 2001, 11:24:00 AM
Its some kind of bug fatty.  I've had it happen to me on VH ack on several occurances.  Put a rocket on it and the problem is solved (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)

AKDejaVu
Title: acks and .50s ?? to boom or not to boom...
Post by: Ripsnort on March 09, 2001, 11:26:00 AM
If you ever want to witness the best field de-acker in AH, come Knit and fly as an observer with Blitz.

2 passes and ALL field ack is down with P51D with only guns, thats 8 acks in two passes.(minus VH ack, that requires a 3rd pass due to location)

VMF-323 is proud to have him on our squadron.
Title: acks and .50s ?? to boom or not to boom...
Post by: AcId on March 09, 2001, 01:45:00 PM
Usually all you have to do is pee on an ack and it will go down, strange that it took multiple strafes like that.
Title: acks and .50s ?? to boom or not to boom...
Post by: Central on March 09, 2001, 01:57:00 PM
That's definitely two demerits for you two whiners  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/tongue.gif)  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/tongue.gif) Return to the latrine immediately with scrubbers in hand! Also take your deaths like a man!

whhhaaahooooo!   (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)

Centard
FDB

<edit> who cares if its a bug! hehe

[This message has been edited by Central (edited 03-09-2001).]
Title: acks and .50s ?? to boom or not to boom...
Post by: mason22 on March 09, 2001, 02:41:00 PM
thanks SAW
Title: acks and .50s ?? to boom or not to boom...
Post by: Dingy on March 09, 2001, 04:27:00 PM
Hmmm....I've always found the 6 .50s of the Stang more than enough to deack a field and get a few vulches  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif).  

I've even deacked with some of those useless .303s on a Spit 5, saving the cannon for planes.  I dont think ack requires alot of damage to take out unless they changed it with this version.

-Ding
Title: acks and .50s ?? to boom or not to boom...
Post by: SKurj on March 09, 2001, 06:01:00 PM
A6m can do a good job of deacking as well, using JUST mg's

SKurj
Title: acks and .50s ?? to boom or not to boom...
Post by: Fatty on March 09, 2001, 06:07:00 PM
Not my fault Central, Mason dragged me into it!
Title: acks and .50s ?? to boom or not to boom...
Post by: StSanta on March 09, 2001, 08:53:00 PM
Gotta second rip there, blitz is totally amazing.

I just follow him around in my jabo, knowing he'll easily clear the way for me so I can egg osties  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif).



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Title: acks and .50s ?? to boom or not to boom...
Post by: Midnight on March 09, 2001, 11:41:00 PM
lol.. you got to hit them  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)

I can punch out AA with just 2 of my P51s 6 .50s... saves ammo.

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