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Title: 30cal bounce off Typh?
Post by: Weavling on October 06, 2003, 09:52:30 PM: I was flying my good and trusty Spitfire MK Ia (Yeah, the one with the eight spit-wads), and was shooting up a Typhoon. I'm not sure if I saw it right, but I thought I saw one of my rounds bounce off the typhoon. The tracer might have been from someone else, but, I'm just wondering, can 30cals bounce off planes?
Title: 30cal bounce off Typh?
Post by: Kweassa on October 06, 2003, 10:23:28 PM: I don't think bounce is modelled in planes.
Title: 30cal bounce off Typh?
Post by: Dead Man Flying on October 06, 2003, 10:25:24 PM: I can assure you that .303s do not bounce off of Typhoons. Or any other planes for that matter.

-- Todd/Leviathn
Title: 30cal bounce off Typh?
Post by: Weavling on October 06, 2003, 10:37:42 PM: Ok, just me then. Thx!
Title: 30cal bounce off Typh?
Post by: Gunslinger on October 06, 2003, 11:12:58 PM: I"ve never actually seen bullets bounce (cept for tank rounds, :mad: )

But I have HEARD rounds bouncing off my hull w/o actually hitting the plane...usually this was when planes were shooting at me from far distances
Title: 30cal bounce off Typh?
Post by: Karnak on October 07, 2003, 12:22:43 AM: The only aircraft I have ever shot down with the four .303s on the Spitfire Mk IX was a Typhoon.

I was out of cannon ammo.

Yes, it took a long time.
Title: 30cal bounce off Typh?
Post by: Hooligan on October 07, 2003, 01:27:53 AM: I pay the extra $2.50 a month for the "rifle caliber bullets bounce harmlessly off my aircraft" feature. I thought everybody did. I thought about paying an extra $2.50 so that I had the "even the paint job doesn't get ruined" feature, but that seemed excessive.

Hooligan
Title: 30cal bounce off Typh?
Post by: YUCCA on October 07, 2003, 04:11:32 AM: Well i was straffing a tiger with a mossy and my bullets bounched off the tiger and hit my plane and send me to tower lol.
Title: 30cal bounce off Typh?
Post by: Pooh21 on October 07, 2003, 07:31:09 AM: I killed a running typh with a val, got it on film too. Took forever.
Title: 30cal bounce off Typh?
Post by: Dead Man Flying on October 07, 2003, 09:41:27 AM: .303s kill planes dead. Once the cannons run out, the real fun begins.

-- Todd/Leviathn
Title: 30cal bounce off Typh?
Post by: Karnak on October 07, 2003, 09:44:31 AM: I've killed an La-7 with the .303s on my Mossie as well. That was a hard fight.

It seems that a Mossie on fumes with no ordinance or cannon can turn with the La-7. He seemed quite surprised.
Title: 30cal bounce off Typh?
Post by: Dead Man Flying on October 07, 2003, 09:56:58 AM: It's not difficult to obtain kills with .303s... when the 20mm cannons run out on the Spit V, I always figure that the .303s provide another two to four kills. People run into problems when they use the .303s to minimum effect; these are not snapshot guns. You need to obtain a tracking solution, get in as close as possible, and then let them have it with a sustained burst. Two or three seconds is usually more than enough to bring any fighter down.

-- Todd/Leviathn
Title: 30cal bounce off Typh?
Post by: gofaster on October 07, 2003, 10:05:47 AM: I use the .303s for the "he's running away from me and I'm not going to catch him, but maybe if I ping him enough he'll panic and turn back around for me" shots.

Seems to work best against P-51Ds.
Title: 30cal bounce off Typh?
Post by: Swager on October 07, 2003, 11:02:09 AM: I swear the 303s are absorbed by JU88s!! :)
Title: shooting down a plane with .303 ammunition
Post by: joeblogs on October 07, 2003, 11:17:47 AM: The trick to shooting down a plane with .303 ammunition is that it must be done manually. First get out of your plane and walk to your target. Next push the bullets into the plane with your thumb. Repeat 750 times and your done.

-Blogs

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Originally posted by Weavling
I was flying my good and trusty Spitfire MK Ia (Yeah, the one with the eight spit-wads), and was shooting up a Typhoon. I'm not sure if I saw it right, but I thought I saw one of my rounds bounce off the typhoon. The tracer might have been from someone else, but, I'm just wondering, can 30cals bounce off planes?
Title: 30cal bounce off Typh?
Post by: LePaul on October 07, 2003, 11:38:12 AM: Shhh..Typhoons have sheilds...N1ks have phasers ;)
Title: 30cal bounce off Typh?
Post by: ccvi on October 07, 2003, 02:45:09 PM: I've seen 75mm rounds bounce of halftracks. An IIRC even or planes...
Title: 30cal bounce off Typh?
Post by: MetaTron on October 07, 2003, 05:11:25 PM: Not sure what I saw today. I fired a rocket at a tiger and either it bounced off (ricocheted 90 degrees) or someone in a tank fired at the same time and thats what I saw. Terrifying when you consider the possibility of killshooter from a ricochet.
Title: 30cal bounce off Typh?
Post by: Kweassa on October 07, 2003, 06:35:37 PM: I've seen RS-182 IL-2 rockets bounce off a Tiger.
Title: 30cal bounce off Typh?
Post by: -Concho- on October 07, 2003, 06:58:29 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Kweassa
I've seen RS-182 IL-2 rockets bounce off a Tiger.

ditto with US 5" rockets
Title: 30cal bounce off Typh?
Post by: wetrat on October 07, 2003, 10:30:15 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Karnak
The only aircraft I have ever shot down with the four .303s on the Spitfire Mk IX was a Typhoon.

I was out of cannon ammo.

Yes, it took a long time.
Pah, the Spit MK I rips through most planes if you get close enough ;)
Title: 30cal bounce off Typh?
Post by: Blue Mako on October 08, 2003, 07:14:29 PM: I killed Lephturn (P47D11) with a Spit V once using only the .303s. I saddled up on him after bleeding his E and thought "why not!" and ignored the cannon button. Took about 3 seconds of pouring shots into his plane before he went down. He was still hearing pings in the tower. :)