Need more info on water ricochets

[Skoshi Tiger]

Unfortunately, in my state in Australia it is ilegal to shoot rifles accross open water water (I assume because of the posibility of a bullet ricocheting in some unwanted direction) Otherwise I would (For the sake of science and the betterment of mankind) take my Lee Enfield .303 down to the nearest body of water and let off a few hundred rounds for the video camera!

Oh! The pain of living under an oppressive system of government!

[KOM.Nausicaa]

Luthier,

best research on WW2 specific ammunition and guns is done by Emmanuel Gustin.
http://users.telenet.be/Emmanuel.Gus...me1/index.html

He has complete tables of weight, velocity etc etc of almost all WW2 ammunition types.

[akdavis]

Are you also interested in the behavior of bombs when striking water? Currently in Il-2, bombs behave in a far too predictable manner when interacting with water, especially ocean waves.

[Coog]

Yes, having only played the original, and I can't recall, nor do I know for the more recent versions (1946), but is skip bombing included? I know that you're requesting info. on physics related to bullet/cannon/artillery fire, but didn't know if you were extending that to include other weapon interaction with the surface of water? A bit off-topic, but is skip bombing something anticipated in SOW and beyond?

Thanks!