Found a video that displays how the tracer dart works and how an RPG locks onto a vehicle. A vehicle that's been darted will have a flashing square around it when you zoom in with the RPG. Look at the square until the flashing becomes a solid square. Once it's solid, you can fire your rocket in any direction and it will redirect towards your target. Knowing this is critical for any armor map.
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Once you've spotted an enemy tank, fire one tank shell at them. Then quickly hop out and fire a rocket at them (assuming you are an engie). Get back in your tank and keep firing. You can't lose unless your douchebag of a gunner took the drivers position and drove away.
PSA: Do not attempt this in the presence of enemy infantry or a tank that has sighted you, as you very well might get blown up by its retaliatory shell.Originally Posted by Helipilot
What is the best way to destroy helis? Had a talented pilot duo raping everyone and there didn't seem like there was much we could do about it.
Shoot it down with a tank, use mounted .50's on it, or go assault with the tracer darts and nab it with a tracer. Once the dart has hit then have another player with an RPG hit it. The reason why you want assault with the tracer dart is that they can drop an ammo kit and spam the skies until you hit him.
Try the M2 gustav w/ extra rockets. The faster projectile speed (compared to the rpg) makes hitting choppers easy.
Tank can work well if the chopper is low enough. I've had very good luck with the AT4, even though I'm just learning. Good pilots fly rather eratically, so guided rockets easily trump the faster ones most of the time. Crappy pilots are easy to shoot down with almost anything, and aren't nearly as leathal It's the good pilots you need to focus on, and plan for.
When spotting for your mortar, make every effort to focus on a spot where no-one will run in front of you, making you start over. You can actually target tree trunks, light posts etc... almost any object. Aiming for the tops of roofs or trees can enable you to call the mortar from cover. Be creative, use the terrain.
It appears as though damage to first floor walls bring buildings down faster than the higher floors. Damage to the indestructable interior walls and stairs does not appear to bring buildings down. Many buildings will come down in 4 mortar strikes.
This has now increased to 12.
Me and my clan tend to pilot and gun in choppers as much as we can. Having 2 platinum stars in flying vehicles, I can tell you the few things that cause me more grief than anything else.
The m95 sniper rifle is at the top of the list. A good sniper can pick a pilot out of any of the choppers - except for the Apache, which seems to be the only one with 50-cal resistant glass.
Next is the AA gun. Any chopper spends most of his time either avoiding these or shooting these. My suggestion is harass a chopper with the machine guns on any light - armored vehicle, like the humvee or the cobra, even a mounted one, or a the turrets on a APCs or tanks, and while the chopper is dealing with those, shoot it down with an AA.
Many times you will see a chopper bugging out to go repair. Often times the pilot is stupid, and will fly in a straight line in order to gain as much speed as possible. Hop in a tank, and lob a main round. If you can aim, the chopper is finished.
Finally, the M2 gustav is excellent. While in a chopper it is hard to spot infantry that is not moving or firing, so the best plan is to crouch and wait until the chopper is close and flying toward you. Then launch a rocket down its gullet. Every pilot makes mistakes, every pilot will fly straight at some point.
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