coralsaw Posted April 27, 2001 Share Posted April 27, 2001 Gentlemen, What's the bigger momma you have nailed by using a .50? At what range? What about HT and ACs? Should they fear? Your experience is welcome. TIA coralsaw ps. Pointers on previous threads (effective range, mm thickness) are appreciated, as the forum search crawls (BTW why? that was one of the best things so far...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Williams Posted April 27, 2001 Share Posted April 27, 2001 Well, I've seen several halftracks knocked out by .50 cals, but never any tanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted April 27, 2001 Share Posted April 27, 2001 I recently played a scenario where my .50 cal achieved plunging fire into the rear of Marder at around 700 meters. Perhaps I got a hit on the engine deck or sprayed the open top crew compartment, forcing the vehicle to be abandoned. [ 04-27-2001: Message edited by: Keith ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PawBroon Posted April 27, 2001 Share Posted April 27, 2001 If your opponents are a wee bit too dashing you'd notice that Hetzer are quite vexed by flank shots from .50 It has a significant pride downsizing value when they get wacked by a single HT... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Leader Posted April 27, 2001 Share Posted April 27, 2001 I just got a hetzer in a PBEM the other day. It was with a 50 cal at about 75m into the flank. My guys had been chasing that damn tank oll over the village until my machine gunner got tired of watching and BLAMMO I win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cueball Posted April 27, 2001 Share Posted April 27, 2001 I've had a Hummel taken out by a .50 from the front. It has just enough power to penetrate the superstructure. I was most annoyed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aka_tom_w Posted April 27, 2001 Share Posted April 27, 2001 Yes. those .50 cal HMG's are the reason I prefer the Yanks when I play the Allies. It is ALMOST a good equalizer to all damn fausts those German infantry squads are ALWAYS packing. The British have rock solid tanks, but the .50 cal is REALLY a HUGE bonus for the Yanks because it can make short work of Axis HT's and some light skinned AFV's with flank shot. The best kill I ever had was a Marder at 600-700 meters. If you get three or Four HT's with .50 cal HMGs lined up in GOOD crossfiring positions they can really scare the heck out any advancing german infantry. In One game (Foggy Bottom I think) I had four .50 cal HT.s in Defensive positions in the fog and my opponent slowly advanced 2 platoons of some kind of infantry in the open in the fog into the range of these 4 HT's those .50 cal ALL opened up and stopped them COLD!. They were all routed, broken, paniced or eliminated inside of two minutes. Praise to the Ma Deuce! -tom w [ 04-27-2001: Message edited by: aka_tom_w ] [ 04-27-2001: Message edited by: aka_tom_w ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenoFlame 36 Posted April 27, 2001 Share Posted April 27, 2001 Yes, the big "Ma Duece" is pretty impressive in CM. You should see one in action. There's something satisfying about nailing some SOB who thinks he's safe hiding behind a brick wall.A few bursts will chew right through it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Manuel Posted April 27, 2001 Share Posted April 27, 2001 My best .50cal kill was a frontal shot on a Lynx at 450meters. The Yanks have a nice advantage over the Germans in that some Yank transport HTs and all their armored cars have .50cals, but none of the german ones do...though the german 20mm vehicles evens it out a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgdpzr Posted April 27, 2001 Share Posted April 27, 2001 I've seen a Panzer IV go down to the Ma Deuce, point blank shot into the rear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aloid Posted April 27, 2001 Share Posted April 27, 2001 Just had a Wespe get spanked by a frontal shot from a .50 in the Big Red Omaha scenario. That was a welcome sight! Aloid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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