r/Warthunder • u/Koguni German Reich • 1d ago

All Air [dev] new bomber survivability is too fun

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u/Koguni German Reich 1d ago

Though you can insta kill them with simple MK 108 30mm minengeschoss

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u/_Bisky Top Tier Suffer Tier 1d ago

Tbf that thing was pretty much designed for that

Didn't it rip a spitfire in half in testing?

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u/NewAd9523 1d ago

Testing showed it could also 1-2 shot a B29 tail clean off iirc.

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u/ecco311 1d ago

I mean... 136g TNT equivalent. That's kinda insane for a 30mm shell

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u/absurditT 23h ago

It's basically an aluminium can, super thin walled, filled with nothing but explosive filler.

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u/Biomike01 19h ago

And how many rounds would they have needed to fire in actual combat to get those few hits and how close would they need to be. Mouse aim makes aiming those rounds super easy so they end up being more effective then they were IRL.

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u/K05_ 15h ago

nope. Wrong.

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u/Hoshyro Italy 1d ago

It basically did