Author Topic: .50 cal or less Pilot Wounds (Read 522 times)

Stoney74 · « **on:** May 22, 2007, 12:40:45 AM »

Don't know if this is a bug or not, but I keep getting PW'd in the Jug and Pony from .50 cal hitting from behind. IIRC, the armor plate should protect the pilot from getting hit from behind, as it was designed for this level of protection. I understand if I get hit from the side, or a full-on canopy shot from above, but they should be relatively immune from PW's from in front and behind, from .50 cal or smaller, right? Got hit from behind tonight by a quick burst from a F4U-1A and the only damage was a pilot wound ( I was in a D-40). Earlier, got hit from behind by the nose gun of a bomber as I whizzed past. Both shots pretty much dead six (no film).

Larry · « **Reply #1 on:** May 22, 2007, 01:47:14 AM »

API .50caliber

Oleg · « **Reply #2 on:** May 22, 2007, 01:49:22 AM »

As far i know, armored seat-back together with back skin can protect you from 12mm bullets but it is not guaranteed, especially when shooting from close distance.

VansCrew1 · « **Reply #3 on:** May 22, 2007, 08:01:16 PM »

.50 clas are 3 different ones:

1.AP
2.HE
3.insindiary rounds.

.50cal american fighters has all the round feed into a belt,AP,HE,IR, i dought AH has all the rounds, .50cals in WW2 were as strong as 20mms if not stonger.

VansCrew
CO 352ndFG

OOZ662 · « **Reply #4 on:** May 23, 2007, 09:33:56 PM »

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Originally posted by VansCrew1
i dought AH has all the rounds,

AH uses a balanced "hybrid" round that contains a little of each's qualities.

Krusty · « **Reply #5 on:** May 23, 2007, 11:14:20 PM »

50 cal rounds were not HE. If they had them they were not common. It was NOT a cannon (which is what it would mean if it had HE rounds).

Also, the majority of rounds used later in the war were API (armor piercing incendiaries). I've read a comment or two about how mixed belts weren't needed because the API round did it all.

oldtard · « **Reply #6 on:** May 26, 2007, 02:12:34 PM »

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Originally posted by Krusty
50 cal rounds were not HE. If they had them they were not common. It was NOT a cannon (which is what it would mean if it had HE rounds).

Also, the majority of rounds used later in the war were API (armor piercing incendiaries). I've read a comment or two about how mixed belts weren't needed because the API round did it all.

You are correct Krusty they would use 2-1-2 meaning 2AP-1 tracer-2 IR
made the p51 awsome here i belive that just 50 cal ball ammo is used which from all the pilot infor i read NO PILOT loaded the ball ammo for anything other than setting gun covergance.
I wish we had a choice on our 50 ammo maybe they can fix this

OOZ662 · « **Reply #7 on:** May 26, 2007, 02:23:09 PM »

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Originally posted by oldtard
here i belive that just 50 cal ball ammo is used which from all the pilot infor i read NO PILOT loaded the ball ammo for anything other than setting gun covergance.
I wish we had a choice on our 50 ammo maybe they can fix this

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Originally posted by OOZ662
AH uses a balanced "hybrid" round that contains a little of each's qualities.

CFYA · « **Reply #8 on:** May 27, 2007, 04:48:32 PM »

Vanscrew.........comparing a 20mm to a 50 cal is like comparing a 50 cal to a 303. 20 mm were far more devasting! How many 50 cals does it take to remove a wing? Now how many 20 mm? Utter garbage!

Ryan

Stoney74 · « **Reply #9 on:** May 27, 2007, 05:20:19 PM »

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Originally posted by CFYA
Vanscrew.........comparing a 20mm to a 50 cal is like comparing a 50 cal to a 303. 20 mm were far more devasting! How many 50 cals does it take to remove a wing? Now how many 20 mm? Utter garbage!

Ryan

But, if the 20mm explodes before it hits the armor plate, the plate will actually work better against the 20mm shrapnel than the .50 cal AP.