LeeZhang 42 Report post Posted November 2, 2022 I've recently noticed ammo rack a DD can barely take it out of action...... for many times they just make big boom and do nothing. Same goes with torpedo, ammo rack a DD with Mk13/44(which have over 400kg TNT equivalent) doesn't promise a kill, which tbh is very funny since you would literally imagine the whole bow and front main gun blow up to sky but I guess we just have some awesomely cool ships can just yeet it. I thought I am playing naval RB, not some sort of magic show? 1 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otheym 7 Report post Posted November 11, 2022 You probably hit the ammo ready rack, which usually only contains 20-40 shells and propellant. It hurts, but doesn't kill most ships right away. Or you hit the auxiliary ammo, which contains AA and/or secondary ammo. Blowing these up usually says "ready rack ammo destroyed" "ammo storage destroyed" or something like that. You might hit shell storage, which I think says "shell storage destroyed" which can make an impressive boom, but it's NOT the main magazine, which almost always results in a dead ship and a very big explosion. Torps also blow, but I don't notice terrible amounts of damage from them. I think the propellant is what blows and catches fire, since the warhead can really only detonate to fire and cooking off. If you wanna one shot a destroyer, study the X-ray. I can easily pop Moffetts all day by shooting the magazine with AP/SAP under the rear turrets which is above the waterline. Try that. I guarantee you'll get your one shot boom. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hand_0f_G0D 21 Report post Posted February 14 True in what you said on the moffett but what i am curious about is why with say a Battleship with sap (british hood) or the Fakestadt (Russian HE) i can fire a whole volly at the magazines or i can do single shots all along the side of the ship hitting with every single one and usually it will not kill it. I have seen guys take 2-4 vollys of HE at close range not even counting the numerous secondaries that hit them too. I have seen pictures of US ships hit in WW2 by battleships and they are either completely wrecked and by survivor bias you think oh wow they can take some damage but in reality its the ones that didnt make it back that you have to figure your damage on. I just dont think its enough in my opinion especially when they have the Magic HE HE-VT to spam at you. Makes me not even want to play Naval and I have everything ground out except for Italy. Not completely done with coastal i went to big ships as soon as they split the trees and just started revisiting it. Especially when i grind out the damn Brussard and its most noticable weapons are not there and all you get for the cannons is HE and HE-VT. No missiles for it i guess. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hand_0f_G0D 21 Report post Posted February 14 lol oh wow .. i noticed it says i have 12,000 battles thats insane Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abdototti06 40 Report post Posted February 15 15 hours ago, Hand_0f_G0D said: True in what you said on the moffett but what i am curious about is why with say a Battleship with sap (british hood) or the Fakestadt (Russian HE) i can fire a whole volly at the magazines or i can do single shots all along the side of the ship hitting with every single one and usually it will not kill it. I have seen guys take 2-4 vollys of HE at close range not even counting the numerous secondaries that hit them too. I have seen pictures of US ships hit in WW2 by battleships and they are either completely wrecked and by survivor bias you think oh wow they can take some damage but in reality its the ones that didnt make it back that you have to figure your damage on. I just dont think its enough in my opinion especially when they have the Magic HE HE-VT to spam at you. Makes me not even want to play Naval and I have everything ground out except for Italy. Not completely done with coastal i went to big ships as soon as they split the trees and just started revisiting it. Especially when i grind out the damn Brussard and its most noticable weapons are not there and all you get for the cannons is HE and HE-VT. No missiles for it i guess. The fakestadt is just broken together PZ 5 hours ago, Hand_0f_G0D said: lol oh wow .. i noticed it says i have 12,000 battles thats insane i have 18k, maybe i should find a life... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkang2828 1,426 Report post Posted February 21 On 14/02/2023 at 17:37, Hand_0f_G0D said: True in what you said on the moffett but what i am curious about is why with say a Battleship with sap (british hood) or the Fakestadt (Russian HE) i can fire a whole volly at the magazines or i can do single shots all along the side of the ship hitting with every single one and usually it will not kill it. I have seen guys take 2-4 vollys of HE at close range not even counting the numerous secondaries that hit them too. I have seen pictures of US ships hit in WW2 by battleships and they are either completely wrecked and by survivor bias you think oh wow they can take some damage but in reality its the ones that didnt make it back that you have to figure your damage on. I just dont think its enough in my opinion especially when they have the Magic HE HE-VT to spam at you. Makes me not even want to play Naval and I have everything ground out except for Italy. Not completely done with coastal i went to big ships as soon as they split the trees and just started revisiting it. Especially when i grind out the damn Brussard and its most noticable weapons are not there and all you get for the cannons is HE and HE-VT. No missiles for it i guess. Maybe cause you're shooting HE and didn't get lucky with the HE bug? You can't expect a battleship or a large cruiser to sink after a couple of HE salvos, either IRL or in WT(HE bug nothwithstanding). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuckerball 252 Report post Posted February 25 it used to be where a graf spee could almost onetap a dd with a single he shell Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKurj 230 Report post Posted February 26 16 hours ago, Nuckerball said: it used to be where a graf spee could almost onetap a dd with a single he shell still can... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
