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Offline Motherland

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Re: 190F-8 rockets
« Reply #15 on: November 05, 2008, 09:14:56 PM »
They shouldn't explode on impact, they've got timed fuses. HTC may have changed something but they've never exploded on impact when I've used them before.

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Re: 190F-8 rockets
« Reply #16 on: November 05, 2008, 09:43:02 PM »
They shouldn't explode on impact, they've got timed fuses. HTC may have changed something but they've never exploded on impact when I've used them before.

Well, if you shoot one at a gun emplacement and it hits the ground near the gun....  Then the timer runs out...  BOOM!

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Re: 190F-8 rockets
« Reply #17 on: November 06, 2008, 12:09:12 AM »
My best so far in the 190F-8 is 4 tanks in one sortie with the 500kg bomb + 12 rockets.  My advice for aiming the rockets is practice, practice, practice.... and aim close.  My most successful attacks with the rockets are from about 600 yards.

Got ya beat by 2.  My best is 6 with the same loadout.   :D
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Re: 190F-8 rockets
« Reply #18 on: November 06, 2008, 09:49:08 AM »
Well, if you shoot one at a gun emplacement and it hits the ground near the gun....  Then the timer runs out...  BOOM!

Thats funny cause Ive used them against hangars with success. I always thought the R4M was used against ground targets as well as aircraft.
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Re: 190F-8 rockets
« Reply #19 on: November 06, 2008, 05:53:32 PM »
Got ya beat by 2.  My best is 6 with the same loadout.   :D

Do you guys make your approach low or high?
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Re: 190F-8 rockets
« Reply #20 on: November 06, 2008, 06:26:38 PM »
Thats funny cause Ive used them against hangars with success. I always thought the R4M was used against ground targets as well as aircraft.
It was... the Bf110 does not carry R4M rockets, it carries WGr 21's.

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Re: 190F-8 rockets
« Reply #21 on: November 07, 2008, 01:55:00 PM »
It was... the Bf110 does not carry R4M rockets, it carries WGr 21's.

Oh, right. Thanks. Ive been avoiding 110s for awhile now due to burnout. Didnt the WGr 21s have a contact fuse as well?
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Re: 190F-8 rockets
« Reply #22 on: November 07, 2008, 05:00:51 PM »
If you are bad at everything JABO-related, like me, the best way to use rockets is just as I use bombs. 90 degree approach. When you are 90 degrees down at target, things launched or dropped from your pylons are generally going to go exactly where your gunsight is pointed. Couldn't be easier. Rockets can be a pain if you are launching from significant altitude, so always keep salvo 1, and launch a test rocket before you launch the rest. Remember with a 90 degree approach you're going to be nose on target for quite a while, so you have fully enough time to launch a test, watch it's trajectory, and then launch the rest accordingly.

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Re: 190F-8 rockets
« Reply #23 on: November 07, 2008, 07:03:07 PM »
Do you guys make your approach low or high?

I usually approach from between 5-10,000 feet at a 30-40 degree dive angle.  Salvo 2 rockets, delay 0.05.  That's enough to kill a tank if you approach from the rear.
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