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Old 02-06-11, 01:38 PM   #23
TorpX
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Originally Posted by WH4K View Post
As for the H6N, it was parked at a dock when I shot it up. I was shooting it from only a couple hundred yards, but maybe I was missing a lot.

The Japanese aircraft sure are persistent. As suggested, they're easy to catch on fire, but the other day I had two keep bombing me despite being on fire. Unfortunately, my sub started a one-way dive before they could burn up enough to crash.
I think part of the problem you had is due to the simplistic models used. By that I mean, there is a difference between damadging/disabling X and destroying X. A few 20mm hits could KO an engine or perforate a fuel tank, but wouldn't neccessarily disrupt an attack or cause the loss of the plane (though it might). To sink/destroy the same plane, at anchor, might well require hundreds of rounds (unless set on fire). Generally, it takes much more firepower to destroy something, than to damadge it.
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