Cool Ground Strafing Video

[crazyivan]

Try saddling up behind a bomber in this game like that footage & you wont last long.

Guess they were playing with their  icons off ..  Thomas the tank enigne never saw it comin   

[Charge]

"WHAT THE HELL IS SO COOL ABOUT GERMANS SHOOTING OUR B-17'S DOWN."

Actually, IMO, it is not "cool" to watch anybody being shot at -what ever their nationality. Somehow crudely interesting maybe but never "cool".

See also the "FW190 strafed by P47" thread.

-C+

[Delirium]

I'm convinced that film is a B17 being 'finished' after it had gotten separated from the formation. You can see the ball turret guns pointing down, which allow the ball turret gunner to leave the ball or perhaps the motors  that rotate the turret were out of action.

Either way, that B17 was crippled before that pass and I cannot imagine having to live through the carnage of what the men inside it had to experience.

[RumbleB]

First couple of posts:

This is a game. There needs to be balance.

[Kazaa]

I just fill sorry for the gents in those gun turrets. They never had a chance.

P.S: You never see the Buff shooting back at the plane with the gun cam on. Why is this ?

[1pLUs44]

Thats funny according to that video them bombers can take alot of damage before they go down My bomber gets 1 .50 cal round and my tail comes off or im lit like a flare. HTC needs to watch that vid and redo the damage model for bombers.IMHO

did it occur to you how poor the gunner % was back then? IIRC, it was only like 4 or 5%, and in AHII, it's usually like 15-20% so I think HTC has it right.

[RumbleB]

did it occur to you how poor the gunner % was back then? IIRC, it was only like 4 or 5%, and in AHII, it's usually like 15-20% so I think HTC has it right.

Big difference between being in a plane and sitting in your comfy computer chair, wearing your wifes lingerie and drinking from your beerhat.

[Scca]

Big difference between being in a plane and sitting in your comfy computer chair, wearing your wifes lingerie and drinking from your beerhat.

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[Anaxogoras]

"WHAT THE HELL IS SO COOL ABOUT GERMANS SHOOTING OUR B-17'S DOWN."

Actually, IMO, it is not "cool" to watch anybody being shot at -what ever their nationality. Somehow crudely interesting maybe but never "cool".

See also the "FW190 strafed by P47" thread.

-C+

Yup, it's important to remember that military personnel and civilians alike all suffered unspeakable horrors regardless of the nation to which they belonged.

[Furball]

I wouldn't describe that video as cool.  Interesting, but it is sad to see so many people being killed.  There is an absolutely sickening cockpit shot at around 2:00 on a Liberator.

Thanks for sharing.