vanguard

diluted · 2003-02-26, 04:31 PM

is the 20 mm independent from the 150?

NeoTassadar · 2003-02-26, 04:37 PM

Yes. You need 2 people to fire both simultaneously.

diluted · 2003-02-26, 04:40 PM

right, so rotating the main gun wont affect the other?

Daedalus · 2003-02-26, 04:44 PM

I think so...i'm pretty sure 80%

Incompetent · 2003-02-26, 04:51 PM

i think it works like the co-axial machine gun on the bf1942 tanks, only someone else is driving and all you can do is move the turret around.

Sputty · 2003-02-26, 04:54 PM

I hate the machine gun on the tanks. Not the co-axial. The fully turreted one. Almost impossible to use. If it's like that will get annoying quickly

ABRAXAAS · 2003-02-26, 04:55 PM

But 1 person can control both weapons ,right ?

Sputty · 2003-02-26, 04:57 PM

From what I've heard no. Not sure, I think one person handles the gun, andother the mchine guns and another drives. From the looks of it tanks will be very powerful indeed if they need 3 people to use them.

Incompetent · 2003-02-26, 04:57 PM

yes, but someone else has to drive

and sputty, i think i remember reading somewhere that the turrets on tanks are gimballed (sp?), which basically means if the driver turns, your still facing the same way.

edit: nonono sputty, the only tank that was ever three people was the prowler, since the machine guns could move independently (i think they made it two and slaved the MGs to the main cannons though), their would be no point to having a 3rd crewman on the vanguards machine guns.

Sputty · 2003-02-26, 04:59 PM

Oh yeah..You're right...I remember that too now..Heh, thanks for reminding me. That'll make 2nd gunner's job alot easier. HEh, trying to control the 2nd gun in a tank is next to impossible in BF. It's more of a troops transport area and makeshift AA defense.

NeoTassadar · 2003-02-26, 05:13 PM

I'm 99.999...% sure that one person can control both turrets, but not simultaneously. It was somewhere in the articles or devchats, but I don't know where. You switch between guns unless you have another person besides the driver. Then the driver controls one and the gunner controls another (driver gets priority in choice of turret), and they cannot interfere with eachother.

diluted · 2003-02-26, 05:42 PM

grr heres what im asking:

the vanguard has 2 guns. the main and some machine-guns. when you move the main one around, will the machine guns move with it or are the machine guns separate from it?

Saint · 2003-02-26, 05:43 PM

I guess they are connected. Hmmm I stand corrected.

ABRAXAAS · 2003-02-26, 05:46 PM

If I cant drive the tank and fire the gun myself like in BF1942 then I will never drive a TANK that is so gay

Incompetent · 2003-02-26, 05:48 PM

get your tanks straight saint, their is no way the MGs are independent on the Vanguard, your thinking of this, this is the Vanguard