Aiming at the lower front plate of a kv-1 at 1000m and hitting tracks, dirt, turret, etc. Anything but what I’m aiming at.
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It was inaccurate with OG British APDS, not Canadian APDS or post-war APDS. They never did figure out the issue, but it was theorized thay the sabot was hitting the projectile after it left the barrel.
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Seriously, it’s a fucking shame that the players themselves have to spend money to fix things that developers should be investigating.
I also create a game, hire someone to do 3D modeling and programming, and then sit on a couch while the players themselves fix the game for me.
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Theres just nothing better than playing solid shot tanks requiring accuracy to hit critical components/crew/ammo but then you can’t because the gun is inaccurate af completely rendering it’s whole purpose pointless. Like yeah you got more pen so you can and need to pen spots that aphe slinging oneshot machines can’t (frontally) or need to aim for specific spots to hit crew or ammo from the side but then again you can’t because your shots go anywhere but where you aimed and get volumetricd at some armor plates joint.
No thx snail, id rather just hit anywhere on the side plate by playing any other nation that uses aphe and oneshot or hit weakspots from the front or simply not engage frontally.
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Well, good that you can bino range any tank and basically yeet its cupola over hills from insane ranges with any aphe slinger but well…why would you want to hit the lfp of a kv1 in a british tank right?
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It’s a secret that the Russians are going to flip out over, but I also found a pamphlet stating the RP-3 rockets had 2lbs more TNT (total 14lbs) ;)
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Look, regardless of what I think about the accuracy, I’m still happy for you all the same.
Russian armour isn’t favourably janky any more so than other nations, with the exception of the IS4 and T80s.
That aside the 17pdr was very questionably accurate and really only got carried by the fact the apfsds could punch straight through most targets at most ranges. The shell shattering rubbish has made that less of a thing, and an accuracy correct is warranted.
I play USSR nowadays too and it has such extremely favourable janky damage models I only get concerned when I see the British tanks I play a lot of, I know what they can do when they arent shafted by bad game design (shell shatter only being on APDS when APHE was also susceptible to it)
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Playing against Russia, rounds go through weakpoints incredibly comfortably with the exception of IS4 and T80. Have far more rounds go skewiff against panthers (and higher tier tanks from various trees), especially from british guns. American heavies likewise I’ve had strange reactions firing into weakpoints.
No unlike every other gun including KV2 dustbin cannon the 17pdr rounds “drifts” in test drive you wont hit the same area twice this was implemented as a “balancing” decision to stop apds being great.
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i have no issue carving up a panther, the turret face is a nice big target that’s consistent with the 17pdr APCBC, and I one shot them through upper plates with the sabot.
the American heavy tank at 6.7 are next to impossible to crack consistently with a 17pdr, the guns past it by then anyway so I just track and barrel torture them. have no problem with jumbo.
its more often than not RUSSIAN tanks which the jank happens. even on wafer thin armour I get non pens, consistent shatters or zero spallers
Strange, if I’m at panther br, my rounds usually shatter on panthers at flat angles. Almost without fail. Rounds almost invariably sail through Russian tanks unless I’m firing at a silly angle. Might just be the folk we run into or luck.
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odd. I dont have issues with german stuff almost ever. admittedly the trash players give me more time to get a good smack across their face.
Was this outlined in a dev blog?
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No idea remember Britain were added a long time ago and the 17pdr and apds had realistic penetration.
Now on the Comet it wont pen a Panthers front plate.
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Very good news!
Somewhat related to this post, any idea how accurate the 2pdr should be? Feels like a smoothbore compared to a lot of other low caliber guns.
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Leaked from players
Very scattered info on the 2pdr, but it should be about the same accuracy as other contemporary weapons of its class; such as the American 37mm.
I’ve had a horrific instance of M774 non-penetrating the driver’s hatch of a T-34. What this man experienced is realistic in war thunder.
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