Sniper MGFF

[TomcatViP]

He he I am not saying that I do not want to dye but only that the rate of Pk seems way out of proportion.

I am not finger pointing any category of player that can aim better than myself. Pls be sure of that.

However it could be interesting to link the number of sniper ammo available in any belt like the AP round to the effective kill ratio of the player (until pilot death) to emulate the foggy vision the Luftwaffe had of a democracy.

~S!

[CaptainDoggles]

Originally Posted by justme262

I think the only "advantage" to normal ball ammo was only that it was cheap and available. There was no performance advantage. The armor piercing and incendiary ammo used more expensive materials and was not available in large enough numbers to be used exclusively. So I think it would be unhistorical and an unfair advantage to load up all armor piercing incendiary rounds.

Non-armor-piercing ammo puts a more ragged hole in anything it can penetrate. So for "soft" parts of the aircraft (thin metal skin, wooden stuff, fabric control surfaces etc.) the AP rounds leave a nice clean hole whereas the non-AP rounds tend to shred it a little better.

If you've got cannons the point might be moot.

[Skoshi Tiger]

Originally Posted by TomcatViP

Thx for your answer guys but I repeat : first shot -> head blown off.

Would your head actually get blown off by a 20mm round?

I mean if the round hit the canopy wouldn't it detonate and fill the cockpit with shards of high velocity plexiglass and shell fragments which would just shred anything in it's path?

Or if if actually hit your head would the round detonate or would the round just pass through it at 2000-odd fps? How sensitive are the fuses on the 20mm rounds?

I supose if there was a slight delay the round would arm on hitting the canopy and next few milliseconds would be sure to ruin your day!

Cheers!