Comments on: PaK 43 L/71 88mm autoloader

By: Kellomies

Kellomies — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 16:07:17 +0000

I think you mean T-72, “T72″ would be some old Murrican experimental thing. Also it crams 125mm’s of gun (and separated ammunition) into some 41 tons of “budget” tank so I’d say some inconvenience in the design is excusable…

By: Kellomies

Kellomies — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:57:18 +0000

Still better than the *original* heavy siege artillery, which had RoF like twice a day or so. Apparently one master gunner who instead managed to coax three out of one such a bombard was obliged to make a pilgrimage to Rome to prove he hadn’t made a pact with the Devil…

By: missingturret

missingturret — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 03:05:23 +0000

88L71 is a much better credit grinder than 105, but I sometimes miss the alpha and the brawling capacity… That said, gimme the autoloader! Nao!! The 88L71 could pwn with one of those…

By: martinez

martinez — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 01:04:46 +0000

100% crew + vents = 5,15s reload :3

By: Haren

Haren — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 22:32:09 +0000

I drive my E-50 with stock 88mm L/71, and it’s not THAT bad tbh. Sure, it needs gold (and often even gold dinges – 234 [?] pen says hello), but it’s certainly not a painful grind. On tier IX med.

By: Daigensui

Daigensui — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 20:14:14 +0000

Actually, it technically fired AP only. The tungsten round was added as APCR due to the material.

By: Captian Nemo

Captian Nemo — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 18:45:16 +0000

no it would take an extremely long time to load. like 10mins +

By: Chiel vd Sande

Chiel vd Sande — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 18:10:48 +0000

Any information about the rate of fire compared to human loader for the 88mm?

By: Medjed

Medjed — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 17:45:17 +0000

^^Same here. 88 is just awesome on JP…..slightly more pen than 105mm…..accuracy is awesome and RoF <3 it shoots like every 5,5 seconds…

By: nixxxie

nixxxie — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 16:56:52 +0000

I agree partially with both sides. Fitting this IRL would have been absurd because of many reasons.
Still, in the game it could work if given HEAT as stock shell. There are some special cases, like Konisch, which technically fired APCR only (and was partially smoothbore, what an abomination! – the moment SerB knows this, he removes it from the game).