1 tapped while going 350 mph

[chicks99]

Got 1 tapped by a b25 when I was pulling out of my dive. Aimbot or bad luck?

[chicks99]

My pilot got headshotted

[SuperbPledget]

Lmao sniped by a lot of 12.7s going only 350 mph? Yeah happens all the time, it's quite easy with the 12.7s, very good velocity and easy to aim.
Also a pilot gets 90% of the time instakilled by a 12.7mm anywhere in the body, he can usually only survive a 7.7 hit.
So yeah, bad luck.

[Disgruntled Cuttlefish]

It would easily kill anyone inside that flimsy bomber.

.50 cals were better than the higher caliber cannons sometimes because of reliability also in reality.

Most of the fighter planes only have armor plate in front and behind them also, behind the seat and a section in the front at the instrument panel,firewall and stuff. The backseater/gunner or whoever in a lot of those dive bombers/attack planes were unprotected entirely. The bombers flew around with the windows down and not pressurized and no armor plating anywhere, except what behind the pilot at one spot? Couple other small surfaces here and there? Won't save anyone still, the rounds could bounce around inside and explode inside the plane also and set off other explosions ect.

Nevermind but yeah that also haha.

Originally posted by chicks99:

My pilot got headshotted

LOL

[SuperbPledget]

Originally posted by Squid:

It would easily kill anyone inside that flimsy bomber.

.50 cals were better than the higher caliber cannons sometimes because of reliability also in reality.

Most of the fighter planes only have armor plate in front and behind them also, behind the seat and a section in the front at the instrument panel,firewall and stuff. The backseater/gunner or whoever in a lot of those dive bombers/attack planes were unprotected entirely. The bombers flew around with the windows down and not pressurized and no armor plating anywhere, except what behind the pilot at one spot? Couple other small surfaces here and there? Won't save anyone still, the rounds could bounce around inside and explode inside the plane also and set off other explosions ect.

Hate to say it but the image most folks have of air combat is really inaccurate and they thought they didn't suffer as much as the ground forces.

Originally posted by chicks99:

My pilot got headshotted

LOL

I think you're confused, he is referring to a B-25 sniping HIM not him in a B-25 getting sniped.
Point is still the same though

[Edgrponce]

Btw you weren't "one tapped" it was from a duel .50cal gun so you probally got 30 tapped but it seemes like a 1tap also 350mph is not fast agains .50s so you were basically an easy kill

[Scheneighnay]

I'm still curious how my plane keeps instantly getting "burnt down" after taking a single hit from a .50
No fire beforehand, just instantly detonates like it got hit by a cannon.

[Mods]

Originally posted by Scheneighnay:

I'm still curious how my plane keeps instantly getting "burnt down" after taking a single hit from a .50
No fire beforehand, just instantly detonates like it got hit by a cannon.

because its not one hit, its never 'just one hit'

[Scheneighnay]

Originally posted by Mods_o_joy:

Originally posted by Scheneighnay:

I'm still curious how my plane keeps instantly getting "burnt down" after taking a single hit from a .50
No fire beforehand, just instantly detonates like it got hit by a cannon.

because its not one hit, its never 'just one hit'

Then however many hits are in the period where the first hit marker registers.

[flyboymb]

Originally posted by FB||Edgrponce:

Btw you weren't "one tapped" it was from a duel .50cal gun so you probally got 30 tapped but it seemes like a 1tap also 350mph is not fast agains .50s so you were basically an easy kill

That was still likely 29 rounds too many. I've seen wild pigs hit by those rounds. There was no need to do anything else for freshly ground sausage.

[Blitzkrieg Wulf]

Originally posted by flyboymb:

Originally posted by FB||Edgrponce:

Btw you weren't "one tapped" it was from a duel .50cal gun so you probally got 30 tapped but it seemes like a 1tap also 350mph is not fast agains .50s so you were basically an easy kill

That was still likely 29 rounds too many. I've seen wild pigs hit by those rounds. There was no need to do anything else for freshly ground sausage.

Most people don't have an appreciation for or an understanding of the power of .50 BMG.

I think trying to explain what a .50 does to a fleshy target will be lost on most people here.

[flyboymb]

Originally posted by Blitzkrieg Wulf:

Most people don't have an appreciation for or an understanding of the power of .50 BMG.

I think trying to explain what a .50 does to a fleshy target will be lost on most people here.

Had to treat a teenage insurgent who had a 7.62 graze his outer upper arm. Tore off most of his bicep/tricep and snapped his humerus clean in half.

I still lol during red tails when Me262 30 mm rounds are just sparking off the fusilages of Mustangs and causing pinprick holes that let you give long tearful farewells to your comrades.

[ulzgoroth]

Of course, a whole aircraft is a lot bigger than a wild pig and can often (but not always) survive a hit from those rounds. But that doesn't matter if it the round hits the pilot.

[Scheneighnay]

Originally posted by ulzgoroth:

Of course, a whole aircraft is a lot bigger than a wild pig and can often (but not always) survive a hit from those rounds. But that doesn't matter if it the round hits the pilot.

I'm still talking about how it somehow makes my plane explode like it got hit by Minengeschoss or huge HE.
I hit a PBJ's wing with my Na-To's 75mm APHE and all it did was shear the wing off.

[Mods]

Originally posted by Scheneighnay:

Originally posted by ulzgoroth:

Of course, a whole aircraft is a lot bigger than a wild pig and can often (but not always) survive a hit from those rounds. But that doesn't matter if it the round hits the pilot.

I'm still talking about how it somehow makes my plane explode like it got hit by Minengeschoss or huge HE.
I hit a PBY's wing with my Na-To's 75mm APHE and all it did was shear the wing off.

because you're being hit with several pounds of led distributed in a very large area on a very small airframe, the PBY is massive, and very sturdily built due to being a seaplane, if you only hit the wing, thats all you're going to take.

[ulzgoroth]

Originally posted by Scheneighnay:

Originally posted by ulzgoroth:

Of course, a whole aircraft is a lot bigger than a wild pig and can often (but not always) survive a hit from those rounds. But that doesn't matter if it the round hits the pilot.

I'm still talking about how it somehow makes my plane explode like it got hit by Minengeschoss or huge HE.
I hit a PBY's wing with my Na-To's 75mm APHE and all it did was shear the wing off.

Well, if you sheared the wing off that would be because you hit the wing. Your shell probably didn't even explode, and if it had most of the effect wouldn't have reached the fuselage.

I don't know exactly what causes planes to entirely disintegrate exactly. I'd agree it's weird if that happened from a single .50 bullet (since aircraft don't model ammo explosion, right?) but I do generally distrust claims to have been hit by exactly one bullet from an entire battery of rapid-firing guns. If a dozen .50s slammed through your airframe it wouldn't be so strange for it to be torn apart.