SM.79 porked (or forgotten) damage model

[150GCT_Diego]

Typo man, i'm sorry, but it's all your fault.

Either you don't know how to shoot or you have a bugged version of the game, in whitch Your weapon didn't work OR the SM79 it's invulnerable.

Really, i have tried to kill the pilot with ONLY the ventral gunner of another SM79, and i did it twice, with another kill with a side gunner, and here is the record ( the firs plane is already diving for the ground, but you can clearly see the pilot still inside and the parachute of the other crewmembers in the background.
The second plane just exploded ( but again, you can clearly see that the pilot's hatch is not ejected), and the third one is a clear pilot ( and second pilot too if i remember correct ) kill.
You can still see him in his seat.
I don't know how to post it on youtube, but i authorize anyone who know how to do, it to post it, to show everyone that even a novice pilot ( me ), entered in a fighting group from less than 3 months ( and with only a dozen of lessons ) and with very few flying skills and gunnery skills can shoot down an SM79 with ONLY ONE 12.7 machinegun.
Obviously i set the plane for be my wingman, so i can easly shoot to them from the front, carefully aiming for the pilot.
I did that to check the damage model ( and because, as i said before, i am not a great pilot ).


But you are right in one of your older post, 27 shots taken it's not that much, and nearly not as much as the 200 holes with whitch th he111 came back from London's raid.
Probably 300 or 400 may build a little legend of a sturdy airplane, and 500 or 600 could build a normal legend.
But sadly, SM79 can't show such kind of record.











It can only show a plane returning in Addis Abeba With 800 holes after been attacked by 2 .303 armed hurricanes and 2 gladiator.
In defence of the english plane, i have to say that there were 2 SM 79, and hat the two gladiators were quikly left behind.
And that's just one of the stories about SM79.

As i have said a couple of pages before.





So, we started with an invulnerabile plane that can't be shoot down non damaged or it's crew killed, proceeded up to a plane that is possible to damage ( black smoke from the engine, fuel leak and wounded or dead crewmembers ) with relative ease, but the pilot it's still invulnerable, and then ended to a "normal" plane, just a little fast and well armed, and with a pilot thath can't be killed shooting from dead six ( in these last case i can't say anything, beacause i don't know how to check it by myself or try to do it by myself [remember: i'm not that great pilot] ).

By the way, from the initial
"No specific spots to hit ot damage.
No fuel leaks, cut cables.
No pilot or gunners kills, neither fires."
i think that'sa good progress.



P.S. :
The ZIP file contain the track for il2, i hope it work correctly.
And again, i'm sorry for my english