Are Tracer threads the new ".50-Calibre" thread?What if we get a .50-calibre in CloD?

[CaptainDoggles]

Was sarcasm. On the old ubi forums we had pages and pages of posts arguing about how the M2 50 cals flipped Panzers over in real life (impossible) and how pilots would bounce the rounds off the roads and up into the belly of tanks while strafing, because the armor was thinner.

[bongodriver]

Originally Posted by CaptainDoggles

Was sarcasm. On the old ubi forums we had pages and pages of posts arguing about how the M2 50 cals flipped Panzers over in real life (impossible) and how pilots would bounce the rounds off the roads and up into the belly of tanks while strafing, because the armor was thinner.

'phew' ok, I was sucked in.

Originally Posted by CaptainDoggles

Was sarcasm. On the old ubi forums we had pages and pages of posts arguing about how the M2 50 cals flipped Panzers over in real life (impossible) and how pilots would bounce the rounds off the roads and up into the belly of tanks while strafing, because the armor was thinner.

P-47 Thunderbolt pilots like Gabreski and Zemke reported that the bounce of bullets on hard roads (normally stone paved ones) could be "directed" under tanks, but again it was a mix of skills/luck and not always effective.

As for bullet bounce, they can ricochet over the water (not on the seabed), but only at a certain distance (when they lose most of their kinetic load) and angle, again, guncamera footage shows it in a pretty clear way. There are clips when you see whole bursts getting deflected by steel railroads.

[KG26_Alpha]

Originally Posted by CaptainDoggles

Yeah the Bredas are porked though. In real life they could flip a Sherman tank right over!

Originally Posted by Strike

Sorry, I think you mean tiger tank!

No he means Sherman .............

Have a think about it.


And to the OP you get all your post count reset and sent back to the Zoo if you pull another stunt like this one

The amount of bandwith wasted at UBI was horrendous on the subject.


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