Are tail-gunners bullet-proof?

[Jack_Aubrey]

Originally Posted by EJGr.Ost_Caspar

Now thats cool! Cooperating bomber jockeys are rare! Where can I find you flying? Online?

.... wow we use to fly together the wednesday, we use to fly at Spitsvs109 but not always, the easiest way look for our tags "E69".

[JtD]

If the gunner doesn't fire, he's dead. I've been using this indication for a long time and it fairly accurate.

[KG26_Alpha]

Originally Posted by EJGr.Ost_Caspar

Had to forward your question. The answer: Yes, splinters are calculated also for gunners. It is possible to kill a gunner by hitting a very different part of the plane with explosive shells.

Yes I have been killed by flak burst as a gunner in He111 and Ju88, the Ju88 is particularly fragile nose section regarding pilot deaths and gunners.

Originally Posted by JtD

If the gunner doesn't fire, he's dead. I've been using this indication for a long time and it fairly accurate.

Also if they run outta ammo.

[Juri_JS]

Originally Posted by JtD

If the gunner doesn't fire, he's dead. I've been using this indication for a long time and it fairly accurate.

That doesn't work very well in the game, because the gunners fire in salvos and will often pause for some time and then start again, that's what makes identifying dead gunners so difficult.

[MD_Titus]

Originally Posted by Juri_JS

That doesn't work very well in the game, because the gunners fire in salvos and will often pause for some time and then start again, that's what makes identifying dead gunners so difficult.

and the canny human gunner will hold fire, so you slip closer for the killshot thihnking you're in the clear, then *slap* headshot.

[JtD]

I still think I can make out dead gunners with greater reliability and from further out then someone looking for dead bodies through a small piece of glass.

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by JtD

I still think I can make out dead gunners with greater reliability and from further out then someone looking for dead bodies through a small piece of glass.

Perhaps with a well-protected gunner station like the tail guns of a B-17 or B-25, but a dead crewman in a "greenhouse" gun station like the tail gunner of a G4M or nose gunner of the He-111 should be more obvious. Even then, the LoD structure of the game makes it impossible to pick out dead crew until you're within realistic ranges.