I not claming i am the Best AA Gunner of the game, far from it. so feel free to discuss and build a great tuturial for the next patch. Copetent AA gunners are rare in any game. it takes paciency if you lack paciency to read carefull everthing AA Stationary gun may not for you.
---------------------------------------- Dedicate AA gunner have it,s valour --------------------------------------
A Dedicated Gunner is a AA gunner how Dedicate ALL the match operating a AA. if he is good he will be abble to put down 4-6, more planes that this nunber is actual a highlight, i only downed 11 once. and even so i do not get frist place. so understand you will not score, but you might help A LOT you team espcialy if the enemy has some Aces that are much more common that Crack AA Gunners.
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if you building a AA Stationary gun in the front lines, forguet it. it only get your self killed. you need to find somewhere behind the frontlines, even close the natural spawn points the game provide if you team have no rally point. the second most important thing about the spot is the Arc of fire. it must be 360 Degres of visibility, a Open Plains will do. if there is to much trees of to much hills. forguet it, you need a low ground clean terrain to achieve 360 Arc of fire.
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Keep turning the Gun, move it 360 degres all time. once you find a aircraft follow it, aim until it,s a close enough. but being close is many times not enough you need to know you can hit it, and this depends of many aspects, GEOMETRIC ASPECTS. if it,s flying in front of you there is a equal chance of the gunner kill or be killed by the pilot, so fire when you experience says you will hit. do not waste ammo in what sees to be a trap, HE IS PLAYING and so you must to.
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Always use engenier to reload you stationary gun before a engagement whit a aircraft ends, if you see it fleeing from you and it taked to much distance, check if there is another plane otherwise pick up a engenier and reload it. pressing ( T ) and wealding the hammer will do. the reload process also reload the current magazine not only the reserve so you full reload you gun.