Fun Fact: An American B-24 co-pilot bailed out of his plane when it caught fire, as did a lot of the crew. The pilots were shooting the guys that managed to bail out while they were parachuting so the co-pilot played dead. One Japanese pilot flew very slowly within feet of him and opened his canopy to look at him. That's when the co-pilot drew his M1911 and shot a single round at the Japanese pilot. The plane then stalled and tumbled to earth
isn't it against some convention of war to shoot at bailed pilots/sailors?
[QUOTE=Lolcats;51190335]isn't it against some convention of war to shoot at bailed pilots/sailors?[/QUOTE]
I dunno about you but I stopped giving all the shits about historical accuracy when I first heard that they were making a WW1 battlefield.
[QUOTE=TheTalon;51190253]Fun Fact: An American B-24 co-pilot bailed out of his plane when it caught fire, as did a lot of the crew. The pilots were shooting the guys that managed to bail out while they were parachuting so the co-pilot played dead. One Japanese pilot flew very slowly within feet of him and opened his canopy to look at him. That's when the co-pilot drew his M1911 and shot a single round at the Japanese pilot. The plane then stalled and tumbled to earth[/QUOTE]
[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_J._Baggett[/url]
We've seen the motorcycles with side cabs in other trailers, but hopefully we get the single motorcycles as well, or the side cab as an add-on you can put on them.
What'd be even better is if the regular motorcycle could have two people on it, but if you add the side cab you could have three. It'd be close to the buggies from BF2.
[QUOTE=Samson0722;51190539]Holy shit Motorcycles confirmed guys:
[IMG]http://i63.tinypic.com/6y0687.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
looks like a cutscene if you ask me
[QUOTE=Lolcats;51190335]isn't it against some convention of war to shoot at bailed pilots/sailors?[/QUOTE]
Yes. International Humanitarian Law Rule 48.
[url]https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/customary-ihl/eng/docs/v2_rul_rule48[/url]
Basically you can't shoot at a distressed parachutist, and once they land you have to give them a chance to surrender. But if they are airborne troops or choose to pick up arms once they land, they are fair game. That B-24 pilot mentioned by TheTalon would also be fair game, because he opened fire while parachuting.
[QUOTE=usaokay;51190588][media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pY3hlQEOc0[/media]
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Oh yeah. Fuck.
I completely forgot about that.
[QUOTE=Zombinie;51190605]Yes. International Humanitarian Law Rule 48.
[url]https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/customary-ihl/eng/docs/v2_rul_rule48[/url]
Basically you can't shoot at a distressed parachutist, and once they land you have to give them a chance to surrender. But if they are airborne troops or choose to pick up arms once they land, they are fair game. That B-24 pilot mentioned by TheTalon would also be fair game, because he opened fire while parachuting.[/QUOTE]
Well the Japanese opened fire first. They didn't treat PoWs fairly, the Japanese. Look up the Bataan Death March, they were worse than the Nazis in some regards.
[QUOTE=TheTalon;51190253]Fun Fact: An American B-24 co-pilot bailed out of his plane when it caught fire, as did a lot of the crew. The pilots were shooting the guys that managed to bail out while they were parachuting so the co-pilot played dead. One Japanese pilot flew very slowly within feet of him and opened his canopy to look at him. That's when the co-pilot drew his M1911 and shot a single round at the Japanese pilot. The plane then stalled and tumbled to earth[/QUOTE]
I was so confused by the wording of the 'pilots were shooting the guys' bit. Anyway his account is pretty inconsistent with records and stuff, would take it with a grain of salt.
[QUOTE=Lolcats;51190335]isn't it against some convention of war to shoot at bailed pilots/sailors?[/QUOTE]
If you're talking about TheTalons post, the Japanese didn't really give a fuck about conventions of war or human rights.
[QUOTE=Novangel;51190816]I was so confused by the wording of the 'pilots were shooting the guys' bit. Anyway his account is pretty inconsistent with records and stuff, would take it with a grain of salt.[/QUOTE]
Postwar public Japanese wartime records are pretty accurate from my experience too - I check them for reenacting purposes so his story sounds pretty fishy
I wouldn't doubt his story attempting to shoot the plane or the part about the planes shooting his mates though
Aren't they planning to do some livestream to show off all the maps or game modes like a week before release?
Also can we PLEASE get some Destroyer and Submarine confirmation because I don't want to spend 10 minutes in the spawn screen just to get a slot in the Dreadnought.
[QUOTE=TheTalon;51190253]Fun Fact: An American B-24 co-pilot bailed out of his plane when it caught fire, as did a lot of the crew. The pilots were shooting the guys that managed to bail out while they were parachuting so the co-pilot played dead. One Japanese pilot flew very slowly within feet of him and opened his canopy to look at him. That's when the co-pilot drew his M1911 and shot a single round at the Japanese pilot. The plane then stalled and tumbled to earth[/QUOTE]
Suddenly WW2 stories out of nowhere.
Well not bad , not really bad
[QUOTE=Zombinie;51190605]Yes. International Humanitarian Law Rule 48.
[url]https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/customary-ihl/eng/docs/v2_rul_rule48[/url]
Basically you can't shoot at a distressed parachutist, and once they land you have to give them a chance to surrender. But if they are airborne troops or choose to pick up arms once they land, they are fair game. That B-24 pilot mentioned by TheTalon would also be fair game, because he opened fire while parachuting.[/QUOTE]
Wasn't that rule only implemented in 1977, as an amendment protocol, [URL="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Geneva_Convention/Protocol_I"]the first[/URL] in fact, for the Geneva Conventions?
Considering when the war took place, I would imagine anything before 1918 wouldn't apply here. This includes the [URL="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Geneva_Convention/Fourth_Geneva_Convention"]fourth Geneva Convention[/URL], only [URL="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/First_Geneva_Convention_(1864)"]the[/URL] [URL="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Geneva_Convention/Second_Geneva_Convention"]first[/URL] [URL="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Geneva_Convention/Third_Geneva_Convention"]three[/URL] apply here.
[QUOTE=Lolcats;51190335]isn't it against some convention of war to shoot at bailed pilots/sailors?[/QUOTE]
Didn't stop a number of people from doing it
[video=youtube;Q8LVlYJ5eJU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8LVlYJ5eJU[/video]
[QUOTE=Damian0358;51192863]Wasn't that rule only implemented in 1977, as an amendment protocol, [URL="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Geneva_Convention/Protocol_I"]the first[/URL] in fact, for the Geneva Conventions?
Considering when the war took place, I would imagine anything before 1918 wouldn't apply here. This includes the [URL="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Geneva_Convention/Fourth_Geneva_Convention"]fourth Geneva Convention[/URL], only [URL="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/First_Geneva_Convention_(1864)"]the[/URL] [URL="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Geneva_Convention/Second_Geneva_Convention"]first[/URL] [URL="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Geneva_Convention/Third_Geneva_Convention"]three[/URL] apply here.[/QUOTE]
You seriously think that the Geneva Conventions stop people from doing any of the things they ban?
[QUOTE=Bbarnes005;51193473]You seriously think that the Geneva Conventions stop people from doing any of the things they ban?[/QUOTE]
Where did he say that?
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