Tank Busting Armaments... Whats The Best Setup???

[CharlesBronson]

Destroying this....with a mg...? Kind of unrealistic.

Returning to the reality nice guncamera of Typhoon in the clasical rocket-gun strafing attack.

 

[Anonymous]

Destroying this....with a mg...? Kind of unrealistic.

Returning to the reality nice guncamera of Typhoon in the clasical rocket-gun strafing attack.

Ahh but if you caught it by surprise driving along a road all opened up like that, it is not so unrealistic at all. Three seconds of fire (the minimum to button it up) from a P-47 delivers 300 rounds, and it only takes one or two getting loose inside the tank to rip the crew to shreads and quite possibly set off the ammo or start a fire. Buttoned up... I think it was possible but it was a fluke to bounce a round off a road and up through the exhaust pipe or cooling flutes. It certianly was not a reasonable expectation.

Most of the German tanks destroyed by strafing involved either a fuel cart being towed behind it or fuel cans stored on the exterior. Common practice for tanks moving up toward the front.

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Lunatic

 

[CharlesBronson]

Now, for the Hispano fans, some figures and test of this gun used in the anti-armour role.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

nice where'd you get them??

 

[CharlesBronson]

sorry...my lips are sealed.

 

[MP-Willow]

Lanc, thanks for the corection on the P-51 guns. A 1,000lb bomb could do well, but smaller bombs would do fine.

So why not, a fight of B-24s carpetbombing the line of armor? Follow it up with B-26, A-20, or mossies to get the stragglers

 

[cheddar cheese]

Aye, sounds like a plan! 8)

 

[evangilder]

If you have a large concentration of armor, your best weapon is napalm. It may not penetrate the armor, but it will cook the crew, for lack of a better way to put it.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

heavy bombers were not good destroyers of mobile armour, the tanks could easily get out of the way, best plan is to grand slam an area full of tanks, they'll all get flipped over...........

 

[cheddar cheese]

Nah, Dropping an A-Bomb....

 

[mosquitoman]

B-26s, B-25s and A-20s going in first, with the heavies following behind, then bomb armed P-47s and P-51s to finish the rest off

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

ohhhh i like it............

 

[MP-Willow]

I can agree with the Napalm, and Mosquitoman,you have an interesting order of battle

As for the heavies going after moble units, if they are still in the yards or in fixed works go at it. Question for you al, what about useing Napalm from a B-24 or other heavie

 

[cheddar cheese]

A 22,000lb Napalm bomb... Sounds great!

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

if a little dangerous.........

 

[mosquitoman]

I woudn't like to be dropping one of those- imagine a direct hit on the bomb as you're about to drop it

 

[Anonymous]

I can agree with the Napalm, and Mosquitoman,you have an interesting order of battle

As for the heavies going after moble units, if they are still in the yards or in fixed works go at it. Question for you al, what about useing Napalm from a B-24 or other heavie

Lots of napalm was included as "incendiaries" dropped during city attacks in 1944 and 1945 on targets such as Dresden. Bomber command was fond of napalm.

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Lunatic

 

[trackend]

The most common form of incendairy charge is Thermit which is used extensively nowdays for welding rail track and it gets pretty warm Ive seen a shovel melted through in less than half a second

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

they don't use that method anymore, they used to, but now they don't to allow for expansion.........

 

[Anonymous]

The most common form of incendairy charge is Thermit which is used extensively nowdays for welding rail track and it gets pretty warm Ive seen a shovel melted through in less than half a second

"Thermite" is a mixture of 8 parts iron-oxide and 3 parts alluminum, both in powedered form. It is hard to ignite and this is usually accomplished using a welding torch or using a magesium casing (for military useages such as grenades) which is ignited to provide the necessary heat.

In civilian usage, thermite is useful for some welding applications (often for repairs, especially underwater), as it provides the necessary heat and the burning produces very pure iron as a byproduct which if properly setup can fill in the weld.

However, in military useage, it is mostly used to destroy enemy equipment or your own equipment if it must be abandon. When a thermite grenade is placed on the works of a steel peice of equipment, it not only damages it by melting part of it but it also fills the works with molten iron.

For bombs however, most incendiaries are either napalm like, or they are a mixture of alluminum and magnesium and an oxidizer (like barium nitrate), usually in powder form using some kind of wax (often lard in WWII) as a binding agent.

Before napalm, large containgers of oil/lard with small amounts of incendiary metal ingiters were used. The Germans used a magesium/aluminum casingl filled with oil/lard in the firebombing of British cities. Once napalm was developed, it was the favored type of incendiary for city bombing, especially by the RAF.

I'm not sure of this, but I think one advantage was the empty bomb casing could be loaded and then the napalm mixture pumped into the casing in place in the plane, making the loading easier.

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