You’ve seen those gun camera films from WWII…a few short bursts from the guns of the ace and it’s all over. Is it really that easy? Join Len "Viking1" Hjalmarson as he shows you how to master IL-2 Sturmovik's very authentic and very difficult air-to-air gunnery.

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"Thingmies? We don't need no stinking Thingmies"

With bomber a few hit in one engine is the best solution. It will usually make it drop his load and breaking away, its not rare to be able to break an entire column that way in a single slow pace. Once the attack is broke, collect the pieces.
The problem with this tactic is that most of the times your smart AI finish them before you...you did the right job and they got the prizes and praises...
And as the game give mission OK only when the bombers are blowing apart....you bet screwed.

Jack Daniels

I find the article quite useful adn especially the fact the a dead 6oC position isnt the quite best position to fire from is quite true. I like the MK108 and with it beeing so leathal the few rounds you have left are quite enough. But I have found myself quite often wasting all my ammo on another plane at the dead 6oC pos because especially these rounds arent very accurate. In SP it seems to be the best solution to come from 6oC low. The deflections isnt that big of a prob. But in MP with external view on the correct positioning doesnt wokr most times. Then i tend to come in from 6oC high with high E to try to hit with a low deflection-shot.

Cool article!

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In Part 2, Viking1 considers convergence, using the gunsight to determine range and lead angle, and alignment in the target's plane of motion. You'll also find Viking1's downloadable IL-2 Sturmovik training .trk files in this installment.

btw, I got IL2 running fine late last night after reinstall of WIN ME. Still don't know what went bad. I had reinstalled drivers, tried different drivers, reinstalled DX 8, tried different memory etc etc. Only reinstall of the OS finally gave me stability again.

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My thanks to you and your team for producing such a wonderful simulation. The award was richly deserved.

Yes, Len certainly has an eye for recognizing talent!

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Great series on IL2. The FMB Guide was super and this gunnery set is a must have!!!!!!!!!

Now, this was on Air to Air gunnery, you going to do one devoted to ground attack?

With COOPGen Version 2, folks are going to need it!!!!!!!!

MMMMMMWWWWWWWWWWWWHAHAHAHAHAHA

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Check six & aim for the cockpit.

"We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it. ."-- Edward R. Murrow

He who sacrifices freedom for security is neither free nor secure" - Ben Franklin

I probably won't do an A2G series simply because I don't fly enough A2G missions. Maybe one of you.... ?

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A good set of A2G articles/.traks by someone would be much appreciated-it ain't as easy as it sounds!

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Then you do provide some sums on the momentum (muzzle velocity x weight of fire - i.e. the weight of the projectiles fired in a minute).

But surely the whole point of cannon shells, as opposed to machine gun bullets, is that they EXPLODE on impact. So you've got the figure in the chemical energy of the explosion, and the renewed velocity the various bits of the now fragmented shell have acquired as a result.