Sorry about this question.

[Flanker15]

I wanted to ask a question in the "bullet penetration" thread but it was locked before I finished it. I did a search and couldn't come up with the answer anyway:
Can the 7.62 and 50.cal mounted MGs penetrate stuff like the windows on choppers and jeeps and fences or is it only the M95? Also can the APC gun penetrate those things (I know it can go through fences) too?
Sorry about making a whole new post but I couldn't find the answer elsewhere.

[Ghostrider]

I wanted to ask a question in the "bullet penetration" thread but it was locked before I finished it. I did a search and couldn't come up with the answer anyway:
Can the 7.62 and 50.cal mounted MGs penetrate stuff like the windows on choppers and jeeps and fences or is it only the M95? Also can the APC gun penetrate those things (I know it can go through fences) too?
Sorry about making a whole new post but I couldn't find the answer elsewhere.

.50 cals can penetrate armored glass, but not the 7.62mm. Both will go through sheet metal in fences, and thin/unarmored objects (basic ones)


-Ghost

[KP]

So if I have a whack at a helicopter cockpit with my M2, does that mean I can shoot the pilot out of the chopper?

Neat.

*heads off to find his trusty M2*

[Flanker15]

Cool thanks
So (just making sure, I don't want to waste ammo shooting at someone I can't hit), the MG on top of the US, MEC and PLA (does the UK get one?) jeep, truck, chopper and tank is a 12.7mm and those are the only 50.cals present in the game (coaxial MGs, jeep passenger MGs and stationary MGs are all 7.62)?
I'm guessing that SABOT APC and chopper minigun rounds will also penetrate right?

[Jaymz]

Cool thanks
So (just making sure, I don't want to waste ammo shooting at someone I can't hit), the MG on top of the US, MEC and PLA (does the UK get one?) jeep, truck, chopper and tank is a 12.7mm and those are the only 50.cals present in the game (coaxial MGs, jeep passenger MGs and stationary MGs are all 7.62)?
I'm guessing that SABOT APC and chopper minigun rounds will also penetrate right?

I think that's all of them yeah. In reality, 50cals & 7.62 can punch through a brick wall but we can't model that properly in game.

[Flanker15]

Did an experiment to test the penetration of weapons:
M95 is the ONLY weapon that can go through windows.
Mounted 50.cal, 7.62 coaxial (not the kit or stationary ones only the armored vehicle), APC shots, gunship cannon shots, plane cannons and light chopper minigun/cannon shots all go through the thin metal fences/objects/barrels.
Once penetrated, a shot will only leave a exit holes if it hits another penetrable object (no entry holes on anything, this is how I tested the guns by lining up a window with a penetrable object and shooting through both), bullets make a little puff of smoke on impact after penetration (this changes depending on what's hit and what weapon used).
Fun facts: The M95 took me ages to find.
RPGs will kill a pilot if you hit near them on the chopper.
Many Humvees died to bring you this information

[billdan]

hmm, nice experiment
ahh yes that explains the many times when i hit a blackhawk with the RPG and it starts spinning while the passengers bail only to realize that pressing "9" does nothing

[Flanker15]

I guess the only thing to ask now is:
Can the other 50.cal weapons be made to penetrate windows too?

[TexLax]

Also can the APC gun penetrate those things

it can penetrate cockpits in vBF2...

[Butmonkey]

I guess the scatter a little after passing through an object?

I've shot the semicircle tin huts with a rifle and noticed it penetrates 1 side, but doesn't quite make it through the other side. However the 50. cal weapons will enter it then spray out when exiting the other side.

I had an amusing encounter with someone hiding behind a fence in VBF2 when it was first out. It was at one of the holes in the fence, we were on opposite sides, so I took my shotgun and aimed though the fence and shot him. Tis also nice when people are prone next to the fence and their legs stick through, makes for some nice knifeings.