De Wilde, or armor piercing?

[Ataros]

I've read that German bombers had 2/3 AP and 1/3 incendiary in their MGs.

In game I noticed that incendiary are very good against British bombers with fabric-coated wings.

[klem]

I am getting decent results with this load (each wing from outside to in, both Spit and Hurri):-

AP, AP, White Tracer/incendiary (50 red reserve), DeWilde

AP to do damage and make tanks leak or kill pilot
Tracer/Incendiary to observe aim and ignite leaking fuel
DW to confirm hits (they cause a 'splash' on hits) with additional incendiary properties.

[Swoop]

Has anyone caught a 109 on fire yet? I have started a fire on a condor's elevator but never a fighter.

I thought ball ammo tended to flaten out when it hit, compared to AP that went straight through, so hitting a wing with ball could do more damage (if modelled)

Trying ball, ball, AP, AP, thinking that I hit the wings with the ball and main body with the AP.

I'm still tweaking

[Moggy]

I've managed to set a 110's ailerons on fire, looked very cool.

[klem]

I've set 109's on fire but they soon go out and carry on flying!

Self-sealing tanks?

[GOA_Potenz]

si soy de wilde

[ATAG_knuckles]

hey gang:

how do you set tracer so it comes out every 4th or 5th ??

also how do you set the last 50 or so to show you are almost our of ammo

what is the "residue Belt"

Denis

[jimbop]

Yes, you can set up the 'residue' belt for each gun separately. Select Residue instead of main and enter the number of rounds you want configured (in this case 50). My Main belt has one yellow tracer every five rounds at guns 1 and 8 but this changes to 1:1 red:AP in the last 50 as you can see below. Very easy to tell the difference.

I find it interesting that the guns run out at different times. This adds to the realism for me since I bet they wouldn't be perfectly timed in RL.

[ATAG_knuckles]

Cheesehawk & JimBop
Excellent info just what I was looking for

Thanks

Denis/Knucklebutt