I don’t quite understand why the BK-27 on the EF has these weird ammo belts, while the Gripen carries the same gun but gets access to much more sensible ammo belts.
I doubt the Luftwaffe, RAF and AM would use Practice rounds in any live engagement…
If you aren’t familiar:
four out of five ammobelts on the Eurofighter, Tornado and Alpha Jet have a Practice Tracer shell first, which does almost no damage. All other shells aparently don’t provide a tracer.
The Gripens use a PELE shell to provide a tracer, which actually does damage.
the PT shells are basically useless (shooting the pilot in the head turns them yellow), while PELE acts more like a AP shell in game.
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yeah is true, the saphei rounds and aphe rounds have weird 1.2m delay fuzes as well
This is a screenshot taken from a video of the BK-27 on a Eurofighter being unloaded.
I believe the yellow shells are high-explosives, with the back once are armour-piercing (maybe AP/FAPDS/PELE). I have seen some sources claiming the pink ring is means it contains a tracer… I haven’t been able to find actual good proof for this. I would expect there to be a NATO standard for exactly this.
German Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4mBZGRMIuE
the unloading starts at about 8:27
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The ammo belt got a good fix.
The fuze delay of saphei got put at 0.2.
Thats a massive buff
