Stuck on weapon tutorial

[Little Buddy]

I feel like a complete dumbass but I can't get past the weapon tutorial where you're supposed to blow up tanks on the ground using unguided cannons and rockets. I don't know what I'm doing wrong but even after several passes I just can't seem to hit them even when I line up the reticle. What am I missing here?

[Blind Fury]

I'm having the same issue even after getting the lock-on where it says "shoot".

[Crotaro]

The tanks in that tutorial seemed incredibly hardy to me, as well. I managed to blow one or two with the Hydras but then ran out of rockets and killed the last with my cannon. Literally finished the tutorial with no ammo left.

[ZbuffeR]

I just redid this tutorial, and indeed I do not remember rockets being so weak. But I last did this so many years ago, so I am far from certain...

My advices:
- rockets in salvo 1, no ripple (to spare ammo) or 800 (for faster kills if you are very precise)
- slow down a lot, tilt engines so you don't stall to the ground, use airbrakes to stabilise more, and shoot from up close.
- put the TGP display in "PIP" mode, Predicted Impact Point, zoom some, then you can cleanly align target on the MFD instead of through the HUD, this is much more precise, especially for small or distant targets.

Ended with 15 extra rockets on first try, destroying all 3 tanks with only rockets.

Also, as the 3 rocket pods are installed fairly appart on your plane, each pod will hit a different spot on the ground.