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Offline Sander93

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Flak88 vs Tiger
« on: 16-05-2010, 17:05:08 »
There seems to be a problem with the damage dealt by a ('captured') Flak 88 when firing against a Tiger. I've noticed on both Libesy and Villers Bocage that a shell hitting rear armor doesn't even make it smoke, let alone side and frontal hits. On Libesy I once hit it four times on the side and it still wasn't dead.

I don't know much about WWII balistics, but my guess is that an 88 should be well able to take down Tigers and that this was merely forgotten about in all the other development stuff. I wouldn't know why this would be on purpose. :)
« Last Edit: 02-06-2010, 14:06:16 by Admiral Donutz »
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Re: Flak88 vs Tiger
« Reply #1 on: 16-05-2010, 17:05:01 »
werent you shooting with explosive or something ?

I cant quote an exact kill, but I remember taking out Tigers with Flak88 once in a while and with 1-2 shots they are dead. Sides preferred over rear...
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Re: Flak88 vs Tiger
« Reply #2 on: 16-05-2010, 17:05:55 »
Nope, with AT rounds; I always got the red ''hit''-indicator.
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Re: Flak88 vs Tiger
« Reply #3 on: 16-05-2010, 17:05:32 »
That's strange. I remember being one shot by a captured 88 on lebisay once and I'm sure there were no changes between the two in the current patch.
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Re: Flak88 vs Tiger
« Reply #4 on: 16-05-2010, 17:05:20 »
Did some testing;

Flak 18 vs. Tiger I from 100 meters.
Rear and side, upper hull: started burning, less than 10 % health left
Front, upper hull: did about about 70% health left.
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Re: Flak88 vs Tiger
« Reply #5 on: 16-05-2010, 17:05:02 »
Yes I just tested it aswell and it's pretty weird, I played Villers Bocage on hslan an hour ago and shot the tiger from behind: it didn't even start smoking and just drove away. But I tried the same setup in a local server just now and it díd die in two shots.

Sorry for the false headsup then... I guess I was just very unlucky those rounds.
Still weird that it did give the red hitindicator though, so it wasn't just bad hitreg.
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Re: Flak88 vs Tiger
« Reply #6 on: 16-05-2010, 23:05:15 »
Yeah, sometimes hitboxes/lag is a bitch. That´s also let Crusaders surivive 88 hits.
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Re: Flak88 vs Tiger
« Reply #7 on: 17-05-2010, 00:05:53 »
I got shot in a Crusader by a tiger and lived.TWICE.
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Re: Flak88 vs Tiger
« Reply #8 on: 17-05-2010, 00:05:18 »
lets just count these as 'clean cuts' going straight through the tank. In on one side, out on the other. Happened enough in real life too with allied tanks, so why not roleplay it that way (the flak88/tiger piercing through crusaders :D )
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Re: Flak88 vs Tiger
« Reply #9 on: 17-05-2010, 00:05:11 »
To be honest i myself felt the goddamn shell going through me while at my desk ;D
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