Come on guys, talking about how you all agree that members are doing 'such and such' just lowers you to their(our) level.
Winny; I think I said that in a seperate topic I while ago. I think the consensus was that it's a bit pointless...the same thing will probably happen.
I don't know. If I had more time I'd be tempted to put together a comprehensive topic for all of Oleg's questions and Answers so that people can resort to this if they want to check-up on any answers. I don't have the time though.
I have always thought a list of what Oleg has revealed will be included in the sim would be nice, especially if the list was split into categories (e.g. one category for AI, another for the terrain, etc) I know that Heinkill put together something similar a while back.
Klem; regarding tracer this may be interesting to you:
The incendiary ammunition was also variable in performance. Comparative British tests of British .303" and German 7.92 mm incendiary ammunition against the self-sealing wing tanks in the Blenheim, also fired from 200 yards (180m) astern, revealed that the .303" B. Mk IV incendiary tracer (based on the First World War Buckingham design – it was ignited on firing and burned on its way to the target) and the 7.92 mm were about equal, each setting the tanks alight with about one in ten shots fired. The B. Mk VI 'De Wilde' incendiary (named after the original Belgian inventor but in fact completely redesigned by Major Dixon), which contained 0.5 grams of SR 365 (a composition including barium nitrate which ignited on impact with the target) was twice as effective as these, scoring one in five.
The 'De Wilde' bullets were first issued in June 1940 and tested operationally in the air battles over Dunkirk. Their improved effectiveness, coupled with the fact that the flash on impact indicated that the shooting was on target, was much appreciated by the fighter pilots. It was at first in short supply, and the initial RAF fighter loading was three guns loaded with ball, two with AP, two with Mk IV incendiary tracer and one with Mk VI incendiary. Another source for the Battle of Britain armament gives four guns with ball, two with AP and two with incendiaries (presumably Mk VI) with four of the last 25 rounds being tracer (presumably Mk IV incendiary/tracer) to tell the pilot he was running out of ammunition. It is not clear why ball was used at all; presumably there was a shortage of the more effective loadings. (By 1942 the standard loading for fixed .303s was half loaded with AP and half with incendiary.)
It's from an article written by Tony Williams (I don't know if he's famous or not). In one or two SoW videos, I'm sure I saw a 'flash' from hits from a Spitfire/Hurricane, which might indicate de-wilde ammunition.
It's interesting to read about the tracer, because apparently it did burn, and so left a smoke-trail (Williams says this) Oleg did say this is being modelled; I'm not sure if he had the relevent info on the MarkIV tracer, but I'm sure he does
