I have been shot dead out of tanks with nary a nick on the vehicle.

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It's happened to me a few times although it appears to be very rare. The most memorable time happened when an attack chopper was hovering over me and I somehow started receiving damage (as indicated by the poorly done pain sounds) until I died while inside the tank. Meanwhile my tank was relatively unscathed with no smoke effects to boot. I am assuming that the viewport of the tank is somehow vulnerable to gunfire. Is it not a coincidence that this is also the purported weakspot of the tank as has been debated endlessly in these forums? However, I do not think that this is how the attack chopper killed me; it just appears to be the logical conclusion after taking the "weakspot" into account.

DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO REPRODUCE THIS?

EDIT: I forgot to mention that Spec Ops can plant c4 directly on the tank viewport to obstruct the drivers view. Surely it must be possible for a talented sniper to put a 50. bullet through the glass. It has to be armoured glass.

[AussiB]

Re: I have been shot dead out of tanks with nary a nick on the vehicle.

the m95 sniper rifle can penetrate helicopter glass and kill you, its happened to me numerous times with the TK's.

[bitvomit]

Re: I have been shot dead out of tanks with nary a nick on the vehicle.

the m95 sniper rifle can penetrate helicopter glass and kill you, its happened to me numerous times with the TK's.

I know all about the chopper and jet glass, believe me. I am only concerned with tanks.

[AussiB]

Re: I have been shot dead out of tanks with nary a nick on the vehicle.

maybe the tank has a glitch in the model between cracks, does it happen often cause its never happened to me

[-FaKe|Arson]

Re: I have been shot dead out of tanks with nary a nick on the vehicle.

I have never heard of such a thing myself. I would love to see the truth behind this.

[D|sso]

Re: I have been shot dead out of tanks with nary a nick on the vehicle.

Well, you need to tell us what weapon/vehicle killed you!

That makes all the difference!

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Re: I have been shot dead out of tanks with nary a nick on the vehicle.

Well, you need to tell us what weapon/vehicle killed you!

That makes all the difference!

Well see that's the unfortunate thing about it. In the few times that it has happened to me, I did not get the chance to see what killed me although I was in fact killed by someone since i got the "killed by so-so" message. I really have no clue how I was killed although I know it happened. I've seen other people on these forums claim the same thing in unrelated threads. Hopefully they will come foward after seeing this.

[Aradiel]

Re: I have been shot dead out of tanks with nary a nick on the vehicle.

I like the C4 blinding of Tank !!!!
The tank driver must have seen you coming then 'thud!' he is blinded and knowing that a C4 chucker is circling him. The question is then Boom or No Boom ?

[imported_Demize99]

Re: I have been shot dead out of tanks with nary a nick on the vehicle.

The answer is always boom.

Also, 50cal can't penetrate a tank, there is no glass, and there is no player model to be hit and killed inside the vehicle. I've died inside my tank before, but its a very rare event. If you can reproduce it consistantly, post it here.

[Sir. Shpox]

Re: I have been shot dead out of tanks with nary a nick on the vehicle.

I've been shot out of choppers, seems jet guns penetrate glass.

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Re: I have been shot dead out of tanks with nary a nick on the vehicle.

The answer is always boom.

Also, 50cal can't penetrate a tank, there is no glass, and there is no player model to be hit and killed inside the vehicle. I've died inside my tank before, but its a very rare event. If you can reproduce it consistantly, post it here.

DICE? is that for real? Well, I'm not sure how to reproduce it consistently, I was hoping for someone to clue me in on it so I can snipe tank drivers lol. It is definitly there and definitly rare like you said although I believe that in time players will figure it out and begin to use it.

[CS-Evolution]

Re: I have been shot dead out of tanks with nary a nick on the vehicle.

The answer is always boom.

Also, 50cal can't penetrate a tank, there is no glass, and there is no player model to be hit and killed inside the vehicle. I've died inside my tank before, but its a very rare event. If you can reproduce it consistantly, post it here.

It's happened a couple of times to me when a helicopter straffes my tank with rockets, I die, and the tank rolls a few feet, stops, and catches fire. I think you'd have to spend quite a bit of time inside a server trying to reproduce this. It's so rare and I die so often anyways that it's not really a big deal to me.

[18Zulukiller]

Re: I have been shot dead out of tanks with nary a nick on the vehicle.

DICE? is that for real?

Im the same as you im like wow wtf and hmmmmmmm ??????? is he realy from dice (sorry this is of topic)

[bitvomit]

Re: I have been shot dead out of tanks with nary a nick on the vehicle.

It's happened a couple of times to me when a helicopter straffes my tank with rockets, I die, and the tank rolls a few feet, stops, and catches fire. I think you'd have to spend quite a bit of time inside a server trying to reproduce this. It's so rare and I die so often anyways that it's not really a big deal to me.

It's happened to me more than once while a chopper was near me as well. I cannot say for certain I was ever killed by a chopper in these instances though as things were so chaotic when it happened.

[imported_Demize99]

Re: I have been shot dead out of tanks with nary a nick on the vehicle.

Yes, I'm for real. I'm a DICE developer in the Stockholm office. I joined from the mod community. You may have played my maps in the past: Vinh Loc for EoD and Blue Nile for PoE (plus others).