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Originally Posted by antikristuseke
Allso petrol is not quite as volatile as most people think it is.
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Quite true, its the gas that occupies the empty space between the fuel and the tank that is the dangerous part. If you hit a bomber that was almost 100% full on fuel it still could ignite and down the plane. Now take the same bomber and but it's current fuel at 25% there's a lot of fuel vapors in the tanks; hit one of them and you're gonna get a massive fireball eruption.
When you run out of eels and deck gun ammo all you've got left is the flak guns. Unless you're using one of the heavy flak cannons (3.7 mm's) shooting an untouched ship probably won't result in sinking the boat. They are good for finishing off damaged ships when you've got no other ammo left, but wouldn't really consider them for a primary way to sink ships.