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Originally Posted by Dutch_851
There was only one squadron operating cannon armed 1b's during the battle, and these usually jammed, to the extent that 19 squadron demanded their .303's back.
Eight .303's toed in to converge at a point at 200 yards have more effect than people tend to give them credit for.  |
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Originally Posted by Sutts
Thanks Rodolphe! Very nice picture indeed. That's the clearest damage shot I've seen so far. Wonder if the larger holes were caused by larger caliber rounds or .303s striking at an angle?
Cheers
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Originally Posted by Blackdog_kt
Nice pictures of battle damage. I guess the bigger holes do indeed come from the projectiles striking at an angle as Sutts says.
You can see that they are not so round but elliptical in shape, indicative of a line of travel more or less parallel to the fuselage at the time of impact which results in "dragging" more of the fuselage skin along with the bullet as it penetrates.
Perfectly round holes on the other hand would be due to impact at a near 90 degree angle to the fuselage.
Finally, their appearance could also be slightly affected by the camera's viewpoint/orientation in relation to them when taking the picture.
Always nice to go on a collective hunt for the small details  |
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Originally Posted by Rodolphe
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G1+FR is the same He 111 as shown on the first picture present by Sutts
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpos...&postcount=211
This aircraft was shot down on the August 16th raid to Feltham.
Flight Lieutenant Boyd of No. 602 Squadron put between 300 and 400 bullets holes in the bomber before it crashed at High Salvington, Sussex.
An innocent victim of the war !
The Corporal (right) and Private (left) are carrying ammunition drums "Doppeltrommel" for the MG15.
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Originally Posted by Sutts
Looking back through some old SoW shots, I found this one which matches pretty accurately the kind of .303 damage we're seeing in the period photos.
I hope the big hole was caused by flak or perhaps an exploding oxygen cylinder.
Maybe in a future patch we could see the elongated holes too where the round strikes at an angle. All in good time. LOL
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Originally Posted by major_setback
Badly beaten:
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As much as I am a fan of realism, tonight I am in LaLa land (So please indulge me)
I can't stand the thought of having to put in hundreds of rifle rounds into a Nazi machine only to do some interior redecorating. These wonderful historical pictures make me mad just looking at them. I want to have the Deep satisfaction of seeing the wings sheer off, huge explosions, fireballs and mayhem.
All these fantastic screenshots are really getting my blood up...
I want to customize my spit into a pimped out hell machine, Instead of my 8 .303's I want 8 Vulcan Gatling guns ( Yeah, thats right, 48 barrels of screaming allied death)
Now before all you guys get all like, he's soooo unreasonable, I am prepared to compromise... The Vulcan's might be asking a wee bit too much, so to show you that I am a totally reasonable psychotic, I am prepared to settle for 8 of those cute little Cobra Gatling 3 barrel 20mm numbers.
I don't think thats asking too much.
Lets see if those swarms of He-111's can get passed 24000 rounds per minute of HE cannon shells - Welcome to England Bitches You're cleared for immediate landing at your nearest convenient hedgerow.
Thanks, rant over - La La land is a great place to be ...
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