Airplanes destroyed on the ground strange behaviour

Why is it that aircraft destroyed on the ground are so hard to destroy?

I have often seen that the aircraft was riddled with bullets and even had a wing broken off. But they hardly if ever blow up, and so they don't count as kills. Is the damage model different when they are on the ground?

I have a feeling you are correct. I've noticed this too. I'm not sure though.

Aircraft on the ground need to be "totally destroyed" to generate the death event. So when the model physically changes from the normal unit to the "crashed" model of it.

Sort of an oddity thats been around seemingly forever as far as I can remember. Will report it since it might be worth changing.

Thanks Grimes!

Yesterday I was pursuing a P-51 and it managed to land before I could hit it. When it was taxying I had several runs at it and by the time I was out of ammo there wasn't much let of it, just the cockpit part of the fuselage and one wing. It did not count as destroyed. Yes, this has been around for a long time and maybe it's not the highest priority issue to fix; bit it would be nice...