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Originally Posted by Janosch
So a pilot can die if hit by a machine gun? Madness!
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Please. I did nowhere state it is uncommon or unconvincing that a pilot gets hit or killed by rifle caliber rounds. Only in an fully armoured canopy it is.
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Originally Posted by Pursuivant
Not impossible, just unlikely.
The IL2 had ~5mm of armor around the cockpit sides and just behind the canopy, plus armor glass at the front and a heavier armor plate behind the pilot's head.
At close range (i.e., 100 m or less) a 7.62mm AP bullet can punch through the side armor, even at an angle.
This thread nicely explains penetration of German 7.62mm bullets vs. armor plate and aircraft aluminum:
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=72990 |
Should have been clearer at the first try. From around 150-200m, dead ahead. Through a spot were I thought there would be enough armour. And I got hit a few more times, also by Bf110 rear gunner, though not fatally. All from dead ahead. Ther is either a small gap in the armour of real IL-2, that is modeled correctly, or the armour model has a small gap.
But I think we digress at least a little. I hope I have time to do a more in detail review of test results this weekend.