B-17G Gamebreaker?

[bezshumniy]

On topic here, i dont think the b-17 is a game breaker. It can be if you know how to use it properly but along with some other aircraft.. if you use them properly against the b-17, it will be useless.. just a battle of atrition. Its easy to shoot down with a g-6 or k-4 if you have the right angle.. even a bf-110 will easily bring it down if you get a close, clean shot at it. swoop on it like a peregrine falcon and shoot from above and pull up underneathe it and perforate its fueselage.. if the pilot flys it in a straight line its easily taken out by going head on about 600m lower than it and pulling up vertically to shoot the fueselage. even shooting the ground targets with a g-6 <in flight> will defeat your average b-17 pilot. thats my opinion anyways.

[Cryptic Phant0m]

Originally Posted by bezshumniy

if the pilot flys it in a straight line its easily taken out by going head on about 600m lower than it and pulling up vertically to shoot the fueselage. even shooting the ground targets with a g-6 <in flight> will defeat your average b-17 pilot. thats my opinion anyways.

That was what I was saying in a previous post.

"A german fighter tactic against B-17s was to approach from about 600m away head on, while pointed down at a 30 - 45 degree angle. At about 100m they would pull their nose up to a 45 degree angle and fire at the B-17 before banking left or right while going into a dive."

I have used this tactic in arcade against several B-17s with high success.

In realistic I like to come from above at about a 70 - 80 degree angle at 400m above them. I normally aim for their top gunner or right in front of it.

I always enjoy seeing the B-17 burn as it tumbles to the ground.

[olife]

never attack an il10,il2m or any heavy bombers with rear gunner in an attack by behind,even it is hard ,try to find a tactics to kill those planes,i don't think it is a gamebreaker,just a hard target,who transform us as a nervous guys ,it is the game..