Quad AA.

[chuckfourth]

Hi
I think I may have found something interesting relating to these two weapons from the USA and German OOBs. Here are the current in game statistics.
Weapon______________________________Acc_______Kill ____Range
Weapon 215 "50cal Quad AAMG"________23________22________40
Weapon 007 "2cm FlakVierlng"________16________18________30

Interestingly the single 50 cal cal gets a Kill of 11 and a single 20 mm AA also gets a Kill of 11. However when the same guns appear in quad mode the 50cal Quad AAMG kil value is doubled to 22 but the 2cm FlakVierlng only gets 18?

For the vierling though cyclic ROF can be quoted as low as 1400, effective ROF is usualy 800
See
http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;...-38&sbid=lc06a
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/arm/arm27.htm
http://www.tarrif.net
But heres the killer the 50 cal has an effective ROF 40! that translates into 160 RPM for the Quad!
Dont believe me? see
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/milsci/7-8/78appb.pdf tip(search for "M2 (.50 CAL)")
and from
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Qu...83/page30.html
we have
"11. What is the sustained rate of fire of the .50 Cal?
40 rounds or less per minute"

Note also that the barrel change for 50cal Quad AAMG occours after 6 mags ie 120 rounds.

Why such a low ROF for the Quad 50? Because the 50 cal doesnt have a quick change barrel! (20cm Vierling does)
from the latter sight,

"17. When should the head space on the .50 Cal machine gun be checked?
-After replacing the barrel
18. Head space adjustments on the .50 Cal machine gun is correct when what conditions are met?
-The recoiling groups are fully forward
-There is no independent rear ward movement between the bolt, barrel, and barrel extension
-The no-go gauge does not fit in the T-slot, and the firing gauge does fit
Timing must be checked and/or set each time head space is set
20. Timing on the .50 Cal machine gun is correct when what conditions are met?
-Firing takes place when the recoiling parts are in the correct position for firing (between .020 and .116 inch out of battery)
-When the gun fires on the Fire gage, and does not fire of the No Fire gage."

Certainly not quick change. So the gunners choice is to really lower his ROF to keep the barrel cool or fire fast and lose a lot of time changing the barrels.
So the Quad 50 gets 160 rpm compared with the 20 mm Vierlings 800 rpm.
If I do a little math on the Kill values. Assuming the 20 FlakVierlng should be 22 and using the diferent ROFS to get a ratio we calculate the Quad 50s kill value as 800/160 * 22 a kill value of 5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is of course ignoring the fact that the 2cm FlakVierlng is firing HE and the 50 cal fires ball.

So even though the vierling has a Higher rate of fire and fires High explosive it gets a Kill factor of 18 compared to the Quads 22?
needless to say the quad outranges the vierling which is also incorrect.

Best Regards Chuck.