[0973] Avenger miniguns not hurting infantry

[sabwarfare]

Description:
I was in the US Avenger AA vehicle firing miniguns at close range and clearly striking an infantry of opposing team and doing no damage.

Steps to Reproduce:
Get in avenger vehicle solo, drive around, hop in gun seat, fire miniguns at infantry

Screenshots / Video:
have neither

Tested On:
Kashan Desert AAS-32, cia kokan & napalm .973

[saXoni]

Might be due to the BF2 hitbox and your connection.

[Stealthgato]

It's a single fast-firing .50 cal, not miniguns. And it is pretty effective against infantry, never had this problem.

[=HCM= Shwedor]

I have this problem a lot with the Avenger, and it seems to be only the Avenger. I've literally shot a guy standing next to me 50 times and watched him flinch repeatedly while not dieing. Only weapons system I've found to be continually not doing damage to infantry at times. Other times it works perfectly, especially with headshots, but torso shots do very little.

[speedazz]

Well it happened only once to me, but rith rifle, but then I had ping ~200 so thats why it can happen, I think

[sabwarfare]

Originally Posted by =HCM= Shwedor

I have this problem a lot with the Avenger, and it seems to be only the Avenger. I've literally shot a guy standing next to me 50 times and watched him flinch repeatedly while not dieing. Only weapons system I've found to be continually not doing damage to infantry at times. Other times it works perfectly, especially with headshots, but torso shots do very little.

this is the same thing I experienced, ping was not an issue and I had shot him about 50 times and no damage.

[Crenshaw]

This happened to me on Kashan as well. I saw a sniper and I let this man UP. The way I had this man, his body should've fell to pieces. What did he do? Get up and run away. It's BS.

Also, to be fair, the Avenger has 4 50 calibur guns on it. That probably explains why it dumps ammo so fast. If it was a single gun firing I'm going to assume 4000 rpm, the barrel would melt in a heartbeat.

-Crenshaw

[=HCM= Shwedor]

Originally Posted by Crenshaw

This happened to me on Kashan as well. I saw a sniper and I let this man UP. The way I had this man, his body should've fell to pieces. What did he do? Get up and run away. It's BS.

Also, to be fair, the Avenger has 4 50 calibur guns on it. That probably explains why it dumps ammo so fast. If it was a single gun firing I'm going to assume 4000 rpm, the barrel would melt in a heartbeat.

-Crenshaw

4? And your source for this is...?

Last I checked they were armed with a single M3P .50 cal which is a modified Browning M2 with an increased rate of fire (about 1,200 RPM).

Wikipedia isn't a great source, but for something like this it usually tends to be correct.
AN/TWQ-1 Avenger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Vid:
Avenger M3P Qulification at Nightmare Range - YouTube


But yes, this M3P is really bugged ingame.... And takes WAY too many shots to kill a person. You would think it was a Makarov Pistol on fully auto and not a .50 cal when using it.