tank main gun shooting planes down.

[Oldman731]

I served in an Armored unit as a trainer with a 19D20 MOS

When was this, R105?  I only ask because I've read comments from M1 people, in the 2001 era, who said they were trained to use the main gun against aircraft.  I've assumed they meant helicopters, and of course they were speaking of conditions 60 years after WWII, but I was just wondering.

- oldman

[FLOOB]

Smooth bore tanks got guided missiles they can shoot aircraft with even. Bottom line what would you have happen when a tank or artillery shell occupies the same space as an aeroplane? A long time ago I was shooting at ships in a shore battery when an nme p38 way out there like 4k flew right into the path of my shell and got cut in two.

[lunatic1]

The simple solution would be to remove GV's.

  uuhhh NO!

[lunatic1]

you know there's only a few planes in game that can kill a tank with it's bullets-- and most of them have to use taters .why even try to shoot a tank with-.50cals or .303's or any of the regular ammo in the game..

[Ack-Ack]

A long time ago I was shooting at ships in a shore battery when an nme p38 way out there like 4k flew right into the path of my shell and got cut in two.

Real photo of a Caribou that flew into a path of a 155 mm artillery round.


ack-ack

[Wiley]

Personally I think the fix is to make it so the gun is not precisely slaved to the tank commander's view.  It's too much fine coordination.  I think the gun view should be somewhere within the tank scope's FOV of where the tank commander's looking, no more precise than that.

Wiley.

[hitech]

Personally I think the fix is to make it so the gun is not precisely slaved to the tank commander's view.  It's too much fine coordination.  I think the gun view should be somewhere within the tank scope's FOV of where the tank commander's looking, no more precise than that.

Wiley.

Planes were being killed by tanks, long before we had a commander view.

HiTech

[RotBaron]

I main gun planes while inside the gunners view.

Shelby told me about a method. It's his method so ask him, but if fly straight at me most likely you are going down.

On the subject of an actual confirmed WW2 tank to ftr kill, I don't believe there is one, a couple of claims yes, confirmed...not that I recall.

[Wiley]

Planes were being killed by tanks, long before we had a commander view.

HiTech

Yup, but at least you'd have to look through the sight to aim at it then.  The wide FOV in the commander view is what makes it too easy compared to the real world, specifically with crossing shots.

I would wager if you set R105 up in a tank gunner position and had a Lancaster drone fly straight over him 500 feet up, he'd get it within 3 tries.  I bet he could hit a jug within 10.

Wiley.

[wpeters]

enough said

[Lusche]

 

[Wiley]

Only time I ever main gunned a plane was an F4U that just happened to fly right at me straight up from the tank I was shooting at.  No commander view, just gunner from acquisition to detonation.

We probably get more gunnery opportunities in a week than most military pilots got in a career.  Low percentage, rare, or nearly impossible things have a greater chance of happening in here.

Wiley.

[Lusche]

We probably get more gunnery opportunities in a week than most military pilots got in a career.

Many times, if not most of the time, I see a tank approaching an airfield bristling with activity, I see countless fighters (and even tank busters) flying in front of his barrel in the most careless (to word it mildly) way. Trying to strafe down a tank by attacking it frontally from almost level flight. Even Il-2s I see doing this more often then not, instead of taking their time to set up a proper attack run. It's similar to the habit of attacking bomber formations by slowly crawling up their six.

[USRanger]

Thanks Lusche!   Now I know where to aim my sight!

[scott66]

I shoot allot of planes down with a tank. Most of the tankers do. The planes that come in really low are are at risk to being main gunned. I have had several come back 5 or 6 times and STILL come in low. I don't mind shooting them down, because they result in good perk points.  

yup..I will get even lol