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Offline Rich46yo

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Oh, and BTW....The 87G ?
« on: July 19, 2012, 05:16:01 PM »
Anyone want to talk about the "other" airplane we were given ? I give it 4 out of 4 stars. :aok
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Re: Oh, and BTW....The 87G ?
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2012, 05:48:35 PM »
what's amazing about this update is the number of new guns modelled...3!!  :O  :aok
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Re: Oh, and BTW....The 87G ?
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2012, 06:14:42 PM »
I think I will stick to my Hurricane IID.  ;)
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Re: Oh, and BTW....The 87G ?
« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2012, 08:31:31 PM »
I think I will stick to my Hurricane IID.  ;)


The nice thing about all this is that, with the exceptions of the A26 and that odd Italian plane, we may have moved much closer to filling out the rest of the war's plane set.

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Re: Oh, and BTW....The 87G ?
« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2012, 09:55:11 PM »

The nice thing about all this is that, with the exceptions of the A26 and that odd Italian plane, we may have moved much closer to filling out the rest of the war's plane set.

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Re: Oh, and BTW....The 87G ?
« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2012, 09:14:47 AM »
I think I will stick to my Hurricane IID.  ;)

To early to tell. I'll say this, the Luftwaffe 37mms are very impressive. Of course the Hurri climbs better, is faster, accelerates better, and also dives very well. It may even take damage better. Again, to early to tell. The current map doesnt have a lot of 87G action going.
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Re: Oh, and BTW....The 87G ?
« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2012, 09:19:02 AM »
To early to tell. I'll say this, the Luftwaffe 37mms are very impressive. Of course the Hurri climbs better, is faster, accelerates better, and also dives very well. It may even take damage better. Again, to early to tell. The current map doesnt have a lot of 87G action going.


It's too early to tell what the arena population will do in the long run, but I made up my mind after testing and using it :)
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Re: Oh, and BTW....The 87G ?
« Reply #7 on: July 20, 2012, 09:27:58 AM »
It's totally sweet.

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Re: Oh, and BTW....The 87G ?
« Reply #8 on: July 20, 2012, 09:32:17 AM »

It's too early to tell what the arena population will do in the long run, but I made up my mind after testing and using it :)

same here, flew one sortie and although my tank busting is a little off I managed to pop a tank or two, I can see this being quite useful in the long run.
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Re: Oh, and BTW....The 87G ?
« Reply #9 on: July 20, 2012, 01:51:39 PM »
the cracked/shot glass on the ju87-G2 is  :O  :O  :O  :O  :O
afaik its only on the G2- isnt it?  :joystick:

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Re: Oh, and BTW....The 87G ?
« Reply #10 on: July 20, 2012, 02:49:08 PM »
BK5 punishes tanks aswell. Shooting from a high angle at the top of the tank, or at 0 degs into the side armor will cause a fair amount of damage  :aok
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Re: Oh, and BTW....The 87G ?
« Reply #11 on: July 20, 2012, 07:58:17 PM »
you only get 24 rounds. . .but they are sweet rounds

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Re: Oh, and BTW....The 87G ?
« Reply #12 on: July 20, 2012, 07:59:43 PM »
Tried it today, the guns are deadly, but a little harder to use, but i like it  :)
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Re: Oh, and BTW....The 87G ?
« Reply #13 on: July 20, 2012, 08:03:12 PM »
how do the cannon compare to the vickers?
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Re: Oh, and BTW....The 87G ?
« Reply #14 on: July 20, 2012, 08:23:25 PM »
how do the cannon compare to the vickers?

Penetrates the most armor out of the Il-2 and Hurri2D. Although IMO, Il-2 with the 37mm is still king of tank killing. Any tank the Ju-87 can kill, so can the Il-2 with 76 more rounds to do it.

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