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Offline Vudu15

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Tiger flipped by rockets???
« on: April 12, 2011, 02:36:52 PM »
bout 2 weeks ago I ran a Tiger into a town to the map room parked outside, suddenly an F6F comes over firing rockets they land under me. my tank goes over then into the air bout 10 to 20 feet and falls back in the middle of the road upside down, since I could cover the maproom still I stayed there until I was bombed.
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Re: Tiger flipped by rockets???
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2011, 07:15:28 PM »
bout 2 weeks ago I ran a Tiger into a town to the map room parked outside, suddenly an F6F comes over firing rockets they land under me. my tank goes over then into the air bout 10 to 20 feet and falls back in the middle of the road upside down, since I could cover the maproom still I stayed there until I was bombed.

I'd be willing to bet that your tank moved into the hedgerow somehow and was flipped upon contact.  You'd be surprised at how little contact is needed against a hedgerow or building in order to flip a gv upside down.   
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Re: Tiger flipped by rockets???
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2011, 03:08:44 AM »
Being tracked could've triggered the small rocking movement that would've caused such a collision/repulsion bug.
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Re: Tiger flipped by rockets???
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2011, 06:22:51 PM »
was parked in the middle of the street when it happend and the rockets looked to explode underneath my tank.

I have the film I forgot the websight everyone uses to postem though.
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Re: Tiger flipped by rockets???
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2011, 06:26:32 PM »
I can probably host it for you for about a month, if it's as small as it should be -- cropped down to just the rocket impacts and tank flipping out, no text/vox, should be easily below 500 kb.

PM me if you're ok with it, I'll reply with my email.
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Re: Tiger flipped by rockets???
« Reply #5 on: April 17, 2011, 05:55:53 AM »
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Re: Tiger flipped by rockets???
« Reply #7 on: April 17, 2011, 10:22:52 AM »
:D whats so funny, was tryin to help. :D
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Re: Tiger flipped by rockets???
« Reply #8 on: April 17, 2011, 06:51:15 PM »
You were propped up against a building.  When the rockets hit, for some reason the impacts happen below the street level of the town, on the ground that's below it.  You get tracked, and somehow fall thru the "street" ground level, and then it rolls over




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Re: Tiger flipped by rockets???
« Reply #9 on: April 17, 2011, 10:42:45 PM »
Fighter bombers can be mean.  What was the problem? :)
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Re: Tiger flipped by rockets???
« Reply #10 on: April 17, 2011, 11:16:14 PM »
yea that's what I noticed as well, being against the building I got that but the rocks goin off under me not normal. Anyhow thanks for takin a look at it.  :devil
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Re: Tiger flipped by rockets???
« Reply #11 on: April 23, 2011, 03:21:51 PM »
Wish bombs had a bit more toss on tanks. I remember reading how a P-47 pilot over Normandy had caused a Panzer MkIV to do flips by dropping a 500lb'er directly behind it.

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