Invincible Heinkels

[trademe900]

There is a problem I have with the sim that bugs me and that is that the He111 is unbelievably tough.

Do17z's and Ju88's are a great challenge, although I can usually set them alight/tear off some control surfaces/kill everyone inside. The he111 however is an absolute monster. I actually couldn't believe how tough it was before so I put on unlimited ammo, gave one a few diving passes with the usual no effect, then proceeded to sit behind him at the 170m convergence point and observe my furious stream of .30 have no effect, minute after minute. I have done this numerous times and observed it takes about 1000 hits to bring one down. The do17 or ju88 I can bring down in 300 hits.

I know the He111 has an armoured bulkhead behind the pilot but this still does not explain how on earth 1000 hits can not completely obliterate control surfaces and ignite fuel tanks.

Anyone else noticed this?