Jets: taking out tanks

[Hunter]

There is a very simple tactic you can use to reliably destroy tanks. Practice it a little, and it'll feel very easy to do after a while as well.

 

Tanks can't aim straight up (see the picture below, where the tank's line of vision is represented by a red line):

 

 

Jets, however, can go straight down.

 

Get high up, out of the tank cannon's range, and get directly above the tank. Go right down (dive bomb), and when you're close enough, light the tank up with your cannons.

 

If you get it right, the tank won't stand a chance. It's actually not that hard either, just needs a little practice.

 

Below there's an example of this in action:

 

 

 

Edited January 22, 2016 by Icantthinkofonew

[Skeve613]

Knowing the maximum angle a tank can shoot at is also really, really powerful when using helicopters too. Except for the Annihilator, all of them can have the co-pilot rain down explosions on the tank with impunity while the pilot just keeps the chopper above the tank and out of its fire arcs.

 

With a jet, you can also fly at medium altitude out of range of the tank's gun in either a shallow dive or mostly level with quick dips to get a missile lock. The missiles have longer range than the tank's gun, so if you can picture a 3D bubble of where the tank can shoot, you can simply turn away before entering it after launching rockets.