Gunner is blind

[Gunfreak]

My gunner fired almost 2000 rounds at a slow moving car, and missed with every single bullet it seems

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Edited February 25, 2024 by Gunfreak

[GrEaSeLiTeNiN]

Yeah I found too that the gunner's aim is often near the target but just off, even with stationary targets. Active pause and he could still miss.    

[Lace]

Mine manages the odd hit (<1%), though you need to manage his ROE as he also tries to shoot through mountains.

[Lace]

On 3/1/2024 at 9:00 PM, Lace said:

Mine manages the odd hit (<1%), though you need to manage his ROE as he also tries to shoot through mountains.

I take it back, mine had a much better flight yesterday evening, and even managed three vehicle kills.  I did find I had to be much closer to the targets, and stay in a very predictable (and therefore vulnerable to return fire) orbit, but he did ok.

He picks up targets from a long distance, and starts tracking them, which is good, but still fires through the terrain if they are blocked and he is 'Weapons free'.

It's also worth remembering (I'm guilty here also) that it's only a 7.62mm minigun, so doesn't have the stopping power of the other helicopter's bigger crew served calibres, and will be mostly useless against anything armoured.