(44) IL-2 How to Improve your Aerial Gunnery Skills

[@CZ350tuner]

I've always been good at deflection shooting, in air combat sims. I've been flying in online sims since Red Baron 2 (1997). In IL-2 Cliffs of Dover - Blitz, I have my RAF fighter's wing guns set for pattern convergence, because it is better suited for scoring hits on single engined fighters when mixing it. My customised ammo belts only have tracer in the outermost guns and I have one observer (exploding) bullet every 6 bullets for my 303 machineguns because these instantly kill bomber gunners plus ignite any fuel leaks that the target might have. They also freak out enemy players when they see flashes all over their plane. Some other experienced CloD RAF players use dual spot convergence, for wing guns. Here's a 303 / 7.92mm. bullet guide: Lead / Ball rounds - Splats against target's internal armour. Rips aircraft's skin from any angle. Punctures unarmoured fuel tanks. Makes large holes in radiators. Kills & wounds aircrew. Observer / Beobachtung rounds - Makes little explosions where it hits. Kills aircrew instantly. Ignites fuel leaks. Destroys control surfaces. Incendiary rounds - Causes fires on the target aircraft. Armour piercing rounds - Can penetrate up to 13mm. of RHA @ 0 degrees @ 100 yards, up to 8mm. of RHA @ 0 degrees @ 250 yards and up to 3mm. of RHA @ 0 degrees @ 500 yards. All He-111 bombers, except the P2 variant, have a 8mm. RHA armour plate in the tail to prevent bullet hits, from directly astern, travelling up the length of the fuselage. The engine nacelles have internal 8mm. RHA armour plates on their rear. Able to penetrate engine blocks. Tracer rounds - Come in a variety of colours. Shows the fall of the shots. Some are also less effective incendiary rounds.

[@colninny8769]

Thanks for this useful info

[@seamountseamount]

I discovered today your great series on IL2 ... great videos

[@colninny8769]

Very good, I hope you will practice the concepts and prevail!

[@donc9751]

Thanks for posting this tutorial! Great stuff and helpful!

[@colninny8769]

great to hear, Don

[@Falkriim]

Great video

[@colninny8769]

Good stuff. Outstanding game. Steep learning curve.

[@Falkriim]

@@colninny8769 Oh absolutely, I’ve mostly been playing the Flying Circus DLC though. Something more satisfying about WW1 dogfights to me

[@colninny8769]

@@Falkriim Yes, WW1 dogfighting is in your face. I will be doing a series on the Dicta Boelke. The Ace's dogfighting concepts. But for now look at (13) FC Lesson -I think that's the air to air dogfighting one.

[@Falkriim]

@@colninny8769 Ah thanks for the suggestion!

[@MrTheDridge]

Great stuff as always, my good sir.

[@colninny8769]

Thanx, Mr. The sad reality is that when we get it right, people die; just not our people.

[@tom434911]

@@colninny8769 Thankfully, in our cases when we get it right, it's just someone looking at their screen saying "s#! +", or an AI that doesn't know his BFM very well going down in flames... Lol