Invincible Heinkels

[Sutts]

Originally Posted by trademe900

How many hits can people bring a he111 down in here?

It really isn't just a matter of how many hits. There are examples of real 111s getting home with many hundreds of hits. A ball or armour piercing .303 round makes a hole, that's all. It's what you hit that matters. Hit a cable, engine component, fuel, oil or coolant tank or line and you'll see some results. Fill the fuselage or wing structure with holes and it'll just carry on flying.

For a long time the damage model in sims was a very simple point scoring system where each bullet hit increased the score until a certain threshold was reached and the aircraft broke or blew up or something.

What we now have is far more advanced/realistic and you have to get your fire concentrated and targeted at the critical components to have any effect at all.