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Originally Posted by Art-J
Stukas being vulnerable at last? Gotta check this out. I haven't done any missions against these for a loooong time, because few patches ago they could absorb ridiculous amounts of bullets (especially .30 caliber), which made emulating early BoB scenarios quite a bit difficult. If they're less "panzer" now, I'm all for it!
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We are talking about Ju-87, right? They are extremely vulnerable to small caliber rounds, if you hit the wing tanks. HurricaneIIb lights them like candles. Their only vice is their rear gunner, he can shoot quite far below.
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Originally Posted by Art-J
Re: La-5/7 and Fw-190 - they are amongst the oldest models, dating back to the very first version of the game and their simplified DMs were never really completely upgraded, hence the engines and fuselages made of reinforced concrete  . We just have to live with it and hope that TD will consider putting these on "to do" list (including aforementioned R-2800). |
I do not know if this is true, but for the Fw190 I can say, their damage models seem okay to me. If you park behind and pump .50 cal or smaller into them they absorb lots of damage - but they were considered tough IRL(and had armor plating that protected pilot and fuel tank from .50cal from directly behind).
Hit critical areas - engine, pilot, wingroots with concentrated bursts, or when possible shoot the fuel tank from behind with 20mm or larger, and they will go down. I've had Fw190 going down with single bursts, and I have had them absorb lots of ammo - but then mostly due to my less than stellar targeting. Sitting in an Fw190 I have been killed by single .50cal bullets (pilot or engine) -happens rarely, but does. And I have taken countless hits and still more or less flew away -also rare.