Comments on: Ensign’s Q&A 15

By: Ensign’s Q&A #16 | For The Record

Ensign’s Q&A #16 | For The Record — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 20:02:38 +0000

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By: Medjed

Medjed — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 15:27:38 +0000

I know that there is old FTR, but that would be like finding a needle in the stack of hay….and i am 100% sure he said it like that….and statemenet that higher caliber usually means higher penetration has no sense whatsoever….

By: YOBA

YOBA — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 13:09:56 +0000

It depends on your sources i guess.

By: Lorraine40t

Lorraine40t — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 11:21:13 +0000

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By: PinkyDK

PinkyDK — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:20:47 +0000

If you don’t know anything about shell mechanics perhaps you should just stay away from guessing about results?

By: Vlevs

Vlevs — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 06:42:28 +0000

Depends on what kind of armor one is dealing with. Anecdotes from pacific war say that even 75 mm M3 AP shell goes through a Japanese light tank without bursting charge even triggering. Also, if bursting charge fires, tank shell is no longer intact but rather a cloud of large shrapnel, which won’t leave a tank. To that effect, it’s hard to imagine tank to be habitable after 100 mm burster has gone off inside.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 04:58:56 +0000

Regarding shell caliber. It make sense for the larger caliber to have more pen, even if it has the same muzzle velocity of the smaller shell, as it has more mass so carries more energy.

In game the larger shells do have better chance of pen over the smaller ones even if they have the same pen. This has to do with modules.

If the 122mm hits tracks with 300hp it will carry on and try to pen the side armor. If the 100mm with 250 dmg hits the same tracks the tracks will “eat” the shell.

Try to pen the side armour of the kv1 with the 6lb. It is a nightmare even if theoritically it should be able to pen it.

By: Stavro375

Stavro375 — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 01:39:49 +0000

There’s penetration, and distance shell travels after penetration. The former determines whether you bounce, and is +/- 25% of listed value. The latter is (iirc) 5 * shell caliber, and determines what you hit.

By: Stavro375

Stavro375 — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 01:38:37 +0000

In the leadup to 8.6 Storm wrote an article about the changes to shell mechanics, noting that AP normalization was 5 degrees (across-the-board implied) while APCR normalization was nerfed to 2 degrees. I can’t find the original article, but the APCR change is noted here: http://worldoftanks.com/en/news/17/86-update-notes/

By: bojan

bojan — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 00:41:00 +0000

Don’t read then ass.