Helo & Flightsim Screenshot Thread! - Page 162

SgtPotato · 12-08-09, 02:41 PM

Damn, look at that craters in the last picture.

Schroeder · 12-08-09, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by SgtPotato

Damn, look at that craters in the last picture.

Welcome to WWI.

HunterICX · 12-08-09, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Schroeder

Welcome to WWI.

a very common sight indeed, like Fort Douaumont at the battle of Verdun

Before:

After:

HunterICX

Arclight · 12-09-09, 01:20 AM

I can't even imagine the terror of a barrage like that creeping up on you.

If they used a barrage at all; looks like they just pounded the general area to dust.

Raptor1 · 12-09-09, 01:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Arclight

I can't even imagine the terror of a barrage like that creeping up on you.

If they used a barrage at all; looks like they just pounded the general area to dust.

Barrages were invented later in the war and used on a large scale only by the end of the war. Any notion that the massive amounts of guns available could be used for anything other than lobbing a million shells into the other side of no-man's-land or that such bombardments often did more harm than good was lost on most commanders.

Though being bombed constantly for a week is probably worse than facing a barrage of any sort...

Arclight · 12-09-09, 02:47 AM

Perhaps. Perhaps there's a limit to how terrified a man can be. I imagine any situation where you're holed up in a fortress, any place really, while it is being blasted to dust all around you, be it by shells or by bombs, would drive any man to his limit.

Not that I would know; I've been lucky to live in a country where armed conflict is a thing of the past. The not so distant past, and for now at least.

Kptlt. Neuerburg · 12-09-09, 07:36 AM

The only thing I could think of that would be worse than getting shelled or bombed for weeks on end would be the dreaded mustard gas attacks that happened towards the end of the Great War. The weapon was considered so horrific that it was banned from use in combat ever since.

Oberon · 12-09-09, 10:20 AM

Plenty of ways to find your end there. If a mortar didn't land in your trench or the gas attack didn't turn your lungs to mush then was always the option of having to go over the top and landing up either being buried alive by a shell, falling into a shell hole and drowning, getting hit by a bullet or even making it to the other trench and then getting skewered on a bayonet.
Makes me that more amazed that my great-grandfather survived it

Biggles · 12-09-09, 11:39 AM

Not to talk about all the diseases that could put you down, and the horrible medical treatment.

Stealth Hunter · 12-17-09, 08:34 AM

We ascended to 5,000 feet over Chaulnes by noon- on April 29, 1918.

We met our slow and bulky contact less than 15 minutes later near the frontlines.

The Brits decided they could take us on as we passed into their lines, and so the fight began.

I brought my guns to bear on one chap and shot him dead in the cockpit.

Out in the distance, I noticed some Breguets moving in on our positions. The DFW having already absconded home, we decided to engage them.

The results were less than desirable, as I was sent whirling down to the ground in flames, my wings torn from my body.

Stealth Hunter · 12-17-09, 08:39 AM

That reminds me, the Fokker E.V will be out before long:

Kptlt. Neuerburg · 12-19-09, 11:48 AM

Schroeder · 12-19-09, 04:24 PM

Same to all of you.

Kptlt. Neuerburg · 01-08-10, 08:40 PM

Well heres some of my latest and greatest screenshots.

Enjoy!

Sockeye · 01-09-10, 06:32 PM

Right! Off we go, then!

12-08-09, 02:41 PM	#2416
SgtPotato Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: In your ocean, sinking your ships Posts: 721 Downloads: 96 Uploads: 0	Damn, look at that craters in the last picture. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

12-09-09, 01:20 AM	#2419
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	I can't even imagine the terror of a barrage like that creeping up on you. If they used a barrage at all; looks like they just pounded the general area to dust. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

12-09-09, 02:47 AM	#2421
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	Perhaps. Perhaps there's a limit to how terrified a man can be. I imagine any situation where you're holed up in a fortress, any place really, while it is being blasted to dust all around you, be it by shells or by bombs, would drive any man to his limit. Not that I would know; I've been lucky to live in a country where armed conflict is a thing of the past. The not so distant past, and for now at least. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

12-09-09, 07:36 AM	#2422
Kptlt. Neuerburg Admiral Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 2,247 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	The only thing I could think of that would be worse than getting shelled or bombed for weeks on end would be the dreaded mustard gas attacks that happened towards the end of the Great War. The weapon was considered so horrific that it was banned from use in combat ever since. __________________ "When you're born into this world, you're given a ticket to the freak show. If you're born in America you get a front row seat." - George Carlin

12-09-09, 11:39 AM	#2424
Biggles Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sweden (I'm not a Viking...) Posts: 3,528 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Not to talk about all the diseases that could put you down, and the horrible medical treatment. __________________

12-09-09, 10:20 AM	#2423
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Plenty of ways to find your end there. If a mortar didn't land in your trench or the gas attack didn't turn your lungs to mush then was always the option of having to go over the top and landing up either being buried alive by a shell, falling into a shell hole and drowning, getting hit by a bullet or even making it to the other trench and then getting skewered on a bayonet. Makes me that more amazed that my great-grandfather survived it

12-17-09, 08:34 AM	#2425
Stealth Hunter Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Y'ha-Nthlei Posts: 4,262 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	We ascended to 5,000 feet over Chaulnes by noon- on April 29, 1918. We met our slow and bulky contact less than 15 minutes later near the frontlines. The Brits decided they could take us on as we passed into their lines, and so the fight began. I brought my guns to bear on one chap and shot him dead in the cockpit. Out in the distance, I noticed some Breguets moving in on our positions. The DFW having already absconded home, we decided to engage them. The results were less than desirable, as I was sent whirling down to the ground in flames, my wings torn from my body.

12-17-09, 08:39 AM	#2426
Stealth Hunter Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Y'ha-Nthlei Posts: 4,262 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	That reminds me, the Fokker E.V will be out before long:

12-19-09, 11:48 AM	#2427
Kptlt. Neuerburg Admiral Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 2,247 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	Happy Holidays Everone. __________________ "When you're born into this world, you're given a ticket to the freak show. If you're born in America you get a front row seat." - George Carlin

12-19-09, 04:24 PM	#2428
Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	Same to all of you. __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.

01-08-10, 08:40 PM	#2429
Kptlt. Neuerburg Admiral Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 2,247 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	Well heres some of my latest and greatest screenshots. Enjoy! __________________ "When you're born into this world, you're given a ticket to the freak show. If you're born in America you get a front row seat." - George Carlin

01-09-10, 06:32 PM	#2430
Sockeye Machinist's Mate Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 127 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	Right! Off we go, then!