Ever shot down a recon plane?

[saxon20]

I tried once on pavlovs house on one of those heavy MGs but it just went out of sight so didnt know if it crashed.

 

[Zoring]

I always give it a go, one time i saw flames on the side and it went prrt prrt prrt. But no crash, or perhaps i was imagining it I always encourage people to have a crack at the damn thing.

 

[Hillstorm]

Did it smoke or show any damage?

I doubt you can shoot them down. But who knows...

 

[Mr.Nicklebe]

I was wondering this too. I was considering shooting at it with an AT rifle but then decided to conserve my ammo instead

I saw a recon plane crash in one of the early multi player test videos. However I don't know whether it was shot down by a player or not.

 

[Forssen]

The AI crew in the tanks have tried to aim at it a couple of times, I think, could have been some sneaky enemy hidden somewhere.

 

[fiftyone]

I had a go, didn't work but you can't stop me now.
Every time one comes over I let off a few rounds, I'm an optamist...

MODIT!!!

 

[kautium]

Crap, I thought that it we could drop it, but I guess not then.

It is not a big deal, but it would make things seem a bit more authentic if the plane was not using god mode.

 

[Moyako]

I saw one crashing. Look really cool

 

[Empty Box]

Totally, shot the pilot. 600 m Headshot with an MP40/II.



I will now be trying though to shoot the thing down... Honestly never thought about even trying.

 

[NinetyNine]

Tried it last night and failed. It reconned everything everywhere with impunity, despite my best efforts and 3 drums of ammo.

 

[Lutze]

Definitely saw one crash on Pavlov's house, no idea how it was shot down though.

 

[Rotaugen2009]

I got a shot of one...



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[Royalfork]

Well played Rotgaugen, well played

 

[Srinidhalaya]

One of the beta videos shows one crashing (prior to DDE release).
You can hear the engine with a high pitched whine as if it was going really fast, like on the movies, but when it came into sight it was floating down at the speed of a feather, and wasn't even aiming down, but had the orientation that it has while flying.

 

[Mangley]

I seem to remember it was confirmed that they can be shot down.

My best bet is anti-tank rifles and machineguns are most effective.

 

[Monkfish Esq.]

It would help if there was any notification that you're actually hitting them and if they didn't disappear while flying round.

 

[Mormegil]

I have a feeling you pretty much have to hit the engine or the pilot to take one down. I'm not sure how much damage you can do to the flight surfaces with regular rifle rounds. Not to mention you need to lead them a LOT, as they're going a lot faster than a running soldier.

 

[Cpt-Praxius]

Before the Beta was released I heard a dev or two actually state that since they fly so low to the ground, they can be shot down by small arms fire.

So you can shoot them down, you just need to figure out how you do that.

Source:
[url]http://forums.tripwireinteractive.com/showpost.php?p=798151&postcount=14[/URL]

I was going to shoot a few recon planes last night, however two were my own team's recon plane and the other was above my ability to aim while prone with my ATR.

 

[stryker211]

You can shoot them down if you want negitive points. Heres a video of me shooting 2 down in my thread.
<a href="http://forums.tripwireinteractive.com/showthread.php?t=62237" target="_blank">http://forums.tripwireinteractive.com/showthread.php?t=62237

 

[UsF]

I hit a recon plane with the pz4 tank maingun two times and all it did was burn in the cockpit. Didn't crash though.