T-62, The real Anti-Air

[Mr.Whitlow]

Originally Posted by xgayox

To be honest, thats the fault of the a-10's. The t-62's on level ground can only aim to a certain point in the sky, and i think ive had maybe 2-3 smart pilots who take advantage of that and strafe me alot higher than i can aim, killing me real quickly.

Yeah that's exactly what I did on the one time I flew A-10s on Basrah. Since it only take a few seconds to kill a tank with the 30mm, it would be silly to render yourself vulnerable.

[daschewy]

The t-62 is definately a good AA asset, I've been gunned down several times by them on basarah.

[TII]

Originally Posted by Jonathan_Archer_nx01

As far as I know, only Sabot is supposed to be fast. Heat should be much slower.

Sabot is faster than HEAT, or it should be, but it probably isn't enough to notice on the small maps that we have. I save the Sabots for armor, and I've had Sabot go through a Blackhawk with no damage (may have just been lag though) so I use HEAT for infantry and aircraft.


Anybody else had the T62 get damaged and drive off by itself with no one in it? This happened to me on Basrah last night after getting strafed by an A10. I tried to repair it but I ended up getting run over by it.

[[R-MOD]Wasteland]

Hahaha. It drove off by itself? That's hilarious.

You guys know that little area SE of facility, just NE of the corner of the two major roads (the one going just south of facility and the one going north-south through the middle of the city), sort of nestled in between some buildings? I always see insurgents bringing their tanks there, and then apparently not doing anything with them, but keeping people there anyway. Is that a good AA sniping spot? Or are they just trying to save them from A-10s?

Because it seems like a really stupid spot for them. I always just send my A-10s in to rape them all to hell.

[TII]

Yeah, I think the tracks were supposed to be damaged but it didn't quite work as planned. I got out to repair and it kept driving around in a circle, and it continued to do so after i respawned and came back to it. I couldn't get back in it without being injured or run over though hehe.

[Tipsi]

Originally Posted by Desertfox

3 Cobra's
2 A-10's
&
1 Blackhawk

All died by the hands of a heat round from the T-62 Man this thing is just awesome!

And a partridge in a pear tree

[JL]

I haven't wasted an RPG on a A-10 yet, or even tried driving tanks on al basrah, but i have seen tank teams hiding under a certian archway south of facility they take a ton of SRAW / RPG hits to the front before even being disabled :/ I can say though that I have not been shot down by a tank yet

Originally Posted by TII

Yeah, I think the tracks were supposed to be damaged but it didn't quite work as planned. I got out to repair and it kept driving around in a circle, and it continued to do so after i respawned and came back to it. I couldn't get back in it without being injured or run over though hehe.

I've seen that happen! we disabled an M1 on a road going north-south just west of basrahs mosque, it started driving backwards, it was pretty slow.. but still funny, i took two SS with xfire

http://screenshot.xfire.com/screensh...77f3909ecd.png
http://screenshot.xfire.com/screensh...b279ae8f56.png

it actually was destroyed heading north out of the city and backed around CCW to this position facing west.. looks pretty realistic compare it to a real disabled tank.. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...D-04-07075.jpg

[Deadmonkiefart]

I was gunner of a cobra that was shot down in 1 shot reciently.

[xgayox]

Originally Posted by TII

Yeah, I think the tracks were supposed to be damaged but it didn't quite work as planned. I got out to repair and it kept driving around in a circle, and it continued to do so after i respawned and came back to it. I couldn't get back in it without being injured or run over though hehe.

THis is SO annoying. Unless you repair it while laying down on top of the tank, you'll bleed out because it keeps injuring you.

[[R-MOD]Wasteland]

Originally Posted by Deadmonkiefart

I was gunner of a cobra that was shot down in 1 shot reciently.

Yes, this has happened to me on several occasions. I've started keeping my cobras grounded until my A-10s can take out all the tanks.