Helmets and Sniper Rifles

[Inrelius]

Are Brennan,Serval and Molotok the only sniper rifles that can punch through a (normal,not riot) helmet? I'm frustrated about guys tanking 7.62mm rounds to the head just because they slapped a tin can on their cranium.Oh, and the helmets' hitboxes are a joke.
(Yeah you can already see how salty I am)

[FOXDIE]

Renov sniper and a regular lethal pistol (Arms material delta or something like that) go right through any helmet. Very cheap to use and grade doesnt matter. Sometimes the shots only remove the helmet without killshot (hitting neck\mouth area in case of riot helmet), but if you aim right at the top of the head or eye level it will be a killshot.
EDIT:
So AM D114-9 and AM D114LB-9 penetrates the helmet, its a 9mm pistol. Oddly the .45 version doesnt, but oh well i guess reasons.

[Exarch_Alpha]

If that´s too annoying then send staff to destroy the helmets´ facility. Also, don´t want to have trouble with enemy changing tactics? Do tactical beatdowns. It´s the most important thing to stop soldiers from getting upgrades due to your actions.

[HiTmAn]

u wish to stay with rank 2-3 sniper for gameplay cheap and effective servel brenen have ridicilous deploy cost u would burn trough materials in couple games

[floyd ryan]

Originally posted by Exarch_Alpha:

If that´s too annoying then send staff to destroy the helmets´ facility. Also, don´t want to have trouble with enemy changing tactics? Do tactical beatdowns. It´s the most important thing to stop soldiers from getting upgrades due to your actions.

What are tactical beardown.

[Lack of Stuff]

Renov grade 4 has a "Magnum" round conversion that punches through riot helmets.

Originally posted by floyd ryan:

Originally posted by Exarch_Alpha:

If that´s too annoying then send staff to destroy the helmets´ facility. Also, don´t want to have trouble with enemy changing tactics? Do tactical beatdowns. It´s the most important thing to stop soldiers from getting upgrades due to your actions.

What are tactical beardown.

It's when you lure an enemy under a fultoned bear and pop the baloon to drop it on them.

[Swatdennis]

Originally posted by Lack of Stuff:

Renov grade 4 has a "Magnum" round conversion that punches through riot helmets.

Originally posted by floyd ryan:

What are tactical beardown.

It's when you lure an enemy under a fultoned bear and pop the baloon to drop it on them.

Too bad you cant upvote comments here, this made me laugh, too much then I might want to admit

[Inrelius]

Originally posted by Exarch_Alpha:

If that´s too annoying then send staff to destroy the helmets´ facility. Also, don´t want to have trouble with enemy changing tactics? Do tactical beatdowns. It´s the most important thing to stop soldiers from getting upgrades due to your actions.

It's not really about me being unable to do anything about helmets.The question was about what sniper rifles can punch through helemts,that's it.
i should probably note that i'm playing with Infinite Heaven mod,so I've set custom enemy prep levels.My guess is that since the mod forces a certain gamestate,dispatch missions won't do anything.

[Inrelius]

Originally posted by FOXDIE:

Renov sniper and a regular lethal pistol (Arms material delta or something like that) go right through any helmet. Very cheap to use and grade doesnt matter. Sometimes the shots only remove the helmet without killshot (hitting neck\mouth area in case of riot helmet), but if you aim right at the top of the head or eye level it will be a killshot.
EDIT:
So AM D114-9 and AM D114LB-9 penetrates the helmet, its a 9mm pistol. Oddly the .45 version doesnt, but oh well i guess reasons.

And the funniest thing is,both D114-9 and WU S333(WU revolvers also can punch through helmets,at least the long barrel one) have lower penetration stat than any other sniper rifle.It's especially amusing in LB-9's case,since it has AP rounds,so it's pen value should be through the roof.And WU shoots .44 magnum which isn't really designed to penetrate armor

[FOXDIE]

Originally posted by Inrelius:

Originally posted by FOXDIE:

Renov sniper and a regular lethal pistol (Arms material delta or something like that) go right through any helmet. Very cheap to use and grade doesnt matter. Sometimes the shots only remove the helmet without killshot (hitting neck\mouth area in case of riot helmet), but if you aim right at the top of the head or eye level it will be a killshot.
EDIT:
So AM D114-9 and AM D114LB-9 penetrates the helmet, its a 9mm pistol. Oddly the .45 version doesnt, but oh well i guess reasons.

And the funniest thing is,both D114-9 and WU S333(WU revolvers also can punch through helmets,at least the long barrel one) have lower penetration stat than any other sniper rifle.It's especially amusing in LB-9's case,since it has AP rounds,so it's pen value should be through the roof.And WU shoots .44 magnum which isn't really designed to penetrate armor

I didnt know about WU S333, i remember trying one of the revolvers and was like "meh". Aaand now we're getting non-lethal Renov gauss rifle that "Boasts extremely long effective range and exceedingly high stopping power and penetration". I wonder if it will punch through helmets huehuehue.

[Inrelius]

Originally posted by FOXDIE:

Originally posted by Inrelius:

And the funniest thing is,both D114-9 and WU S333(WU revolvers also can punch through helmets,at least the long barrel one) have lower penetration stat than any other sniper rifle.It's especially amusing in LB-9's case,since it has AP rounds,so it's pen value should be through the roof.And WU shoots .44 magnum which isn't really designed to penetrate armor

I didnt know about WU S333, i remember trying one of the revolvers and was like "meh". Aaand now we're getting non-lethal Renov gauss rifle that "Boasts extremely long effective range and exceedingly high stopping power and penetration". I wonder if it will punch through helmets huehuehue.

My guess it's gonna cost like 20000 precious materials to deploy with such properties.And a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of various medicinal weed.

[FOXDIE]

Originally posted by Inrelius:

Originally posted by FOXDIE:

I didnt know about WU S333, i remember trying one of the revolvers and was like "meh". Aaand now we're getting non-lethal Renov gauss rifle that "Boasts extremely long effective range and exceedingly high stopping power and penetration". I wonder if it will punch through helmets huehuehue.

My guess it's gonna cost like 20000 precious materials to deploy with such properties.And a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of various medicinal weed.

And the worst thing is its FOB only :( There is 0 reasons to restrict it like that.

[Inrelius]

Originally posted by FOXDIE:

Originally posted by Inrelius:

My guess it's gonna cost like 20000 precious materials to deploy with such properties.And a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of various medicinal weed.

And the worst thing is its FOB only :( There is 0 reasons to restrict it like that.

Yeah,especially considering FOB's are the worst part of the game

[JinNJuice]

Man, fo'. Those soldiers are annoyed at you shooting their heads. Ever thought of that?!

[Inrelius]

Originally posted by JinNJuice:

Man, fo'. Those soldiers are annoyed at you shooting their heads. Ever thought of that?!

This thread is titled "Helmets and Sniper Rifles" and was originally made to discuss which sniper rifles can and can not penetrate helmets,and not to ask "How do i deal with helmets?".Granted,there is some degree of frustration and saltiness,but not to the level of being painfully obvious that it's one of those filthy whining threads.
I understand the carnal desire to make witty comments,but please,stick to the questions OP asks.
Oh,by the way."Annoyed" isn't quite right,because it implies that the person in question survives the shot. They usually don't last for more than two,though. I believe "Afraid" would've been more appropriate here.

[Rivery Jerald]

Originally posted by Inrelius:

Are Brennan,Serval and Molotok the only sniper rifles that can punch through a (normal,not riot) helmet? I'm frustrated about guys tanking 7.62mm rounds to the head just because they slapped a tin can on their cranium.Oh, and the helmets' hitboxes are a joke.
(Yeah you can already see how salty I am)

Fully armored guys? No worries throw a smoke nade, run up to them and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ cqc their ass - Or shoot their legs couple of times with a high penetrating sniper and they go cripple
Someone has a helmet but their face is showing? Shoot the face! SHOOOT THEM IN THE FACE1!!! NOT THE ARM NOT THE LEG FACE FACE FACE!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n1yXykKZ6M