I’ve encountered what appears to be an increasing and consistent issue with how the game registers hits on barrels and barrel-mounted components, and wanted to check with the community before filing a formal report.
When shooting at tank turrets at multiple ranges sometimes there’s a possibility to hit the barrel, particularly during face-to-face engagements. Nevertheless, rounds frequently disappear with no damage or component destruction when hitting gas extractors, muzzle brakes, or other barrel-mounted parts. Other times the angle is steep enough that penetration should be likely with a ricochet, especially against lighter vehicles and SPAA. Yet, the rounds simply vanish as if the collision geometry is absorbing them without any effect.
Recently, as far as I remember, this has been happening to me with high-penetration APFSDS (DM33, Type93) against:
- T-64, T-72, T-62, Leopard 2K, Leopard 1 variants…
- Light tanks: Radkampfwagen, TAM…
- SPAA: ZSU-23-4…
The rounds should either penetrate, ricochet visibly, or damage the components they hit. Instead they register as if they hit a void.
Has anyone else encountered this? Especially angled barrel hits that should logically penetrate light tank barrels, damage exposed barrel components, penetrate light armor or bounce instead of disappearing?
- Yes, frequently
- Yes, occasionally
- No, I haven’t noticed it
- I’m not sure
Especially with solid shot. Trying to disable a German at lower tiers with a British or French tank is always “fun”
Had this happen today. Shot a SU-152 barrel at the slotty muzzle brake and it only turned it red. A second shot even closer to the end of the barrel, which is supposed to give you an automatic black, did nothing.
So they’ve probably nerfed the barrel damage slider.
Not a bug. /s
Barrels are also now generally immune to HE and survive bombs more often. Used to be that you would at least break the barrel if it was hit by 10kg of TNT, didn’t even need to be a direct hit, now the shell is most likely going to just disappear with 0 damage.
Bump with further proof:
Just filed another bug report documenting the same issue. M426 APFSDS (430mm pen) fired point-blank at T-72 barrel disappears on impact with no effect
Link of full report:
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/4ETHA2whByAH
Pattern suggests systemic barrel hit registration issue
Yeah, 17-pounder vs 45 or 50mm T-34/Pz IV turret? Sorry, you struck edge of mantlet or some part of barrel your 190 pen shell does absolutely nothing. Lmao.
Filing additional damage model bug report: ERA penetration inconsistencies alongside barrel hit registration issues:
- 30F26 HE (42.4mm fragmentation) penetrates Gal Batash ERA (370mm HEAT protection)
Link to bug report: https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/YFk7v2rmO7Xn
Pattern extends beyond barrel hits to armor protection systems. It may suggest broader damage model calculation issue. At this point I’m reporting more bugs than playing…So far, I’ve done 3 today
