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Re: Il-2 pilots with 10 or more aerial kills
Franek, this might sound convincing, but in fact it is not. From a side attack 2/3 of a tank (especially Pz. IVs) was the wheel/suspension system, so by simply hitting the target you had a good chance to hit what you though you have aimed at. This is not 'aiming', this is just successfully hitting a barn from the side. It was not accidental that the Soviets developed the more effective PTAB bombs, the forefather of the modern cluster bombs which simply covered the target after low passes as a carpet without any precise aiming. Few years ago I found one of these beasts and the yellow TNT inside looked very convincing that it was not safe to sit in a tank when Sturmoviks circled above your head.
Gabor
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