How to kill stuka?

[InProgress]

While playing as british it's ultra hard to destroy stukas   All this huge rate of fire but weak ammo just do nothing, i hit so many times but it just does nothing, once i was lucky and hit wing and it was on fire, but mostly you just shoot and shoot and it keeps flying. I tested bf109 vs stuka and with this explosive ammo i could destroy it with 1 hit. I was keep reseting mission and killling stuka, but with spitfire it was just horror.

 

Any tips to kill them as spitfire? Also are turet control that bad? I can rotate it and shoot but it's so slow, also can't aim like it is in BoS, can i do that or nope in clod?

[DenUA]

InProgress ,

I do not like assist "red", but now'll give ...

- Welcome to the simulator!

1 - should learn to make a tape of ammunition (see here - https://theairtacticalassaultgroup.com/)Search - the well on fire!

2 - shoot weaknesses need a plane.

If you're going to shoot only from behind - little help! There's a plane well protected.

I'll tell you as "blue» - Spitfaer - Very strong machine bad as it sits on the tail ...

Edited May 23, 2017 by DenUA

[Lusekofte]

DO NOT TURNFIGHT !!!

Stuka in COD is maybe the best turnfighter in this game. And do what DenUA says. I think the Stuka will have a fix if not already. It is too powerful . But that said it was a very strong buildt plane

[DenUA]

[InProgress]

Well when I fly in bos I get destroyed so easy.. many times 1 aaa hit was enough. Or enemy short burst on your tail and everything is on fire or critically damaged.

 

Do not turn fight heh.. learned that few weeks ago in multiplayer when it drained power of my spitfire in turn fight and shot me dowb.. :|

 

I was really surprised because it feels so much different than it is in bos.

 

For some reason I can't change ammo.. I click on it and press add, remove etc but it does not work ;/

Edited May 23, 2017 by InProgress

[DenUA]

It's because you want to do it "in the mission", where the default is set up.

Do it: settings - aircraft - equipment.

Or when online, before departure - equipment.

[Buzzsaw]

The Stuka was a heavily built aircraft... one of the reasons why it was so slow.

 

But it had a high lift aerofoil and decent wingloading, so it had a good initial turn... which it could not sustain due to lack of power.

 

The TF 4.312 version has too high powerloading... which allows it to maintain its turnrate...  will be fixed for TF 4.5.

 

Best way to shoot down a Stuka is to aim at the pilot's cockpit or the engine/radiator in the nose.  Killing the rear gunner with the first pass is a good idea.

 

Shooting at the wings with .303's won't do much.  They are too heavily built.  Shooting off the ailerons, rudder or elevator is another option.

 

The Hurricane will outturn the existing Stuka if partial flaps are used... the Spitfire no.

 

The Stuka also rolls slowly, so a rolling scissors will work against it.

 

But in most circumstances it is best to use an advantage in climb and height to attack and regain the height afterwards.  Sometimes it is best to dive down under the Stuka and zoom up underneath so the rear gunner can't shoot.

 

Spitfires should avoid trying to sit on the Stukas tail... they will be riddled by the rear gunner and eventually be outturned.

Edited May 23, 2017 by Buzzsaw

[InProgress]

Oh well, i fly stuka anyway but currently having fun in original campain.

 

But that rear gunner is a bit of problem, can you aim like in bos? Because it's almost impossible to shoot accurately like that and rotation is also really slow.

[Sokol1]

Well when I fly in bos I get destroyed so easy...

 

No much sense this comparison, in BoS all "red" planes has cannons, in CloD "reds" need rely on 14 seconds of .303.

Don't shoot from dead six, but with some deflection angle, will hit cockpit, engine.

[Lusekofte]

 

 

No much sense this comparison, in BoS all "red" planes has cannons, in CloD "reds" need rely on 14 seconds of .303.

 

As a bomber pilot I have noticed the difference in how to survive in COD and BOS . Flying Luftwaffe and getting a Hurricane on me is lethal , those pilots know what converge their guns have and those 8 303 cal bring havoc . But in general you survive due to the weakness of ammo, in BOS you survive because of your effectiveness in ammo. The bombers in COD survive more bullets and the gunners efficiency is non existing. While the gunners in BOS get more effect when they hit something. 

[Plurp]

Also are turet control that bad? I can rotate it and shoot but it's so slow, also can't aim like it is in BoS, can i do that or nope in clod?

 

Mouse controls the gun.  Go in to documents/1C Softclub/IL2 Sturmovick cliffs of dover-MOD conf file and change mouse sensitivity to increase mouse speed and invert up/down if you desire.

 

[rts_mouse]

SensitivityX=5.0

SensitivityY=5.0

SensitivityZ=5.0

Invert=0

SwapButtons = 0

 

Separate control for the turret ring to give you more of a field of fire:  Options/Controls/turret: move mount up/down/left/right