Shot down from Tank Howitzer Round?

[Ranger79]

Hey guys,

 

Quick clip, I think a tank shot me out of the air with a round from his main turret, lucky shot I guess...

 

EDIT: Just looked at the encylcopedia on the T-72B, - 125 mm 2A64M gun, thats the round that took me out, no chance of survival when that hit.

Edited November 14, 2011 by Ranger79

[ZQuickSilverZ]

I once had a tank hit me so hard he knocked me off the internet........It's true.

[EtherealN]

This is all correct. There is nothing in principle that makes it impossible to use a tank gun in an anti-air role. (Indeed, AFAIK most tank crews do train for this as well.) If you get a laser warning while having tanks nearby, take this extremely seriously - they're ranging you and a shell is about to be incoming.

[Ranger79]

I agree, i was too close & too low, watching the replay the tanks were firing at me hardcore with the 125mm. Will keep this in mind on my next pass.

[WynnTTr]

Yeah tank crews train to take out helicopters - and they're more proficient at it than most people think.

 

I also remember watching a doco about a UK Army Lynx duelling it out with an Iraqi tank. Should be easy you think - a modern army's attack chopper v outdated tank. Nope. The tank commander was especially good and with every shot he was getting closer and closer to hitting the Lynx. The battle took some time as well, it wasn't over quickly. I'll have to try and find that again, it was an interesting watch.

[Mohamengina]

How did you get the schval screen up like that?

[Ranger79]

Using sony vegas editing from my second screen

[Speed]

It looks like Russian MBTs are finally utilizing their gun-fired ATGMs in DCS- beware, I think they are targetting helos too. That would certainly explain how I got shot down from 4.5 km away while in a minimum 60 km/h lateral motion against a T-80 the other night.

[213]

a howitzer's a type of artillery. tanks only have guns.

[jib]

Yes you where being lazed and you carried on flying towards them (when I get lazed I run and hide) they normaly won't hit you when you are flying at right angles to them but you where very close a too slow.

If you do get in that close and you are being lazed turn and brake away at the maximun speed you can without losing your rotors.

[jib]

Yeah tank crews train to take out helicopters - and they're more proficient at it than most people think.

 

I also remember watching a doco about a UK Army Lynx duelling it out with an Iraqi tank. Should be easy you think - a modern army's attack chopper v outdated tank. Nope. The tank commander was especially good and with every shot he was getting closer and closer to hitting the Lynx. The battle took some time as well, it wasn't over quickly. I'll have to try and find that again, it was an interesting watch.

 

Yeah I have seen that documenty, very cool if you are into black shark.

The tank in question was firing air burst shells, thank god those are not modeled in dcs, yet!

[lanmancz]

I've seen that documentary as well ... I think it was one of the Iraq episodes from the Shootout! series. Not sure which one, but you can find them all on youtube.

"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shootout!"

[MadTommy]

Last sortie i flew.. i got hit by a Russian MBT 72... i was amazingly lucky.. the round passed through my rotors only breaking one blade, i saw it fire at me through the shkval.. i manged to limp off and make an emergency landing.

 

Tanks are dangerous as hell.

[Medic88]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVWprfX7XHM

 

Duel in the Desert Helicopter Wars Part 1

[agrasyuk]

Yeah tank crews train to take out helicopters - and they're more proficient at it than most people think.

 

M60A3 gunner here. perhaps things changed dramatically in past 15 years, but we had minimal training in that regard because you really can't. our available gunnery simulator would be useless for that task and spending several UAVs for target practice per gunner is to expensive to be realistic. i probably could hit a helo if it was in range (say 2.5-3.5Km) and not moving to much, but i seriously doubt that RL pilot will give a tank such opportunity. i think tanks with target following capability (ie israeli merakvas starting with mark III BAZ ) will have much better luck.

 

with that, those barrel launched ATGMs are indeed game changers.

[Dejjvid]

Modern tanks won't have any problems at all to hit a slow moving heli from 1km+. And it's one shoot, one kill too.

[tflash]

Modern tanks won't have any problems at all to hit a slow moving heli from 1km+. And it's one shoot, one kill too.

 

I have the impression the M1 Abrams manages to take me out consistently from more than 3 km.

[joey45]

It's when they miss and the shell flys pass you....