its 50mm at all ranges after dart separation apparently, according to gzabis spreadsheet
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using my best estimations for the frustrum parts (3) and (4) based on estimating the dimensions by comparing measurements relative to the 22mm diameter.
it should have just shy of 170mm max pen. which seems very high for what it is,
then paring that with HE filler it would actually be quite strong for AT.
though i don’t know if Lanz-Odermatt is fully applicable for the starstreak pen
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Starstreak darts are far from solid, so I imagine it is barely applicable at all. There is a massive difference between solid rod of metal and a thin walled tube with some electronics inside.
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ah so it’d just end up crumpling,
so no Stormer with pen greater than the short 88
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Unless it gets LMM
we both know gaijin is never going to do that because it might hazard being strong
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No, it might look like tungsten, but it’s actually made from Her Majesty Finest Tea Leaves. Not only are they the strongest material on earth, they wont crumble under things like kinetic impact.
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This is not even remotely valid, stat streak at a basic level has a hardened cap to penetrate armoured helicopters and aircraft, roughly 20-30mm of RHa. And then detonate inside. Gaijin is actually generous giving us 50mm of penetration that doesn’t fall off. I imagine it will get changed with the fuse fix.
Hey @Smin1080p_WT sorry to bother, I know it’s only been a week or so but have the dev’s had a chance to investigate the starstreak fuze report?:
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/pJMiqQTRJyXC
It’s the primary reason starstreak doesn’t work in game, is it the sort of thing that could come in a weekly? Thanks
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Hey. The report is currently still open. Everything for the next minor has already been locked in.
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Ahh okay, thanks for the reply! Hopefully it gets a look and we can finally have starstreak back to working order.
To be fair, that image does seem to be showing the area around the guidance fins, which likely is where a lot of electronics are concentrated.
I imagine the middle/rear section with the actual warhead is probably a lot thicker and more capable of penetrating armour.
yeah but if all of the electronis crumble then you will loose so much penetrative performance from the “penetrator” behind, would make much more sense to have an armoured tip
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I dont think so, its not much different from a ballistics cap on a APCBC shell. The cap would likely just fall apart and let the penetrator continue into the armour.
The Starstreak is commonly advertised as being able to be used as an light anti-armour weapon, against IFVs for example. I imagine it has at least some reasonable penetration capability, likely better than 50mm.
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The middle certainly looks a lot more rubustly made, I assume the orange inside component is the explosives?
big silver tube is warhead. The orange thing is PCB+Battery
Top is control and the tip, centre is the warhead, bottom is the laser receiver. Broadly.
Took me a while to find this, it has some cool info on how the Starstreak and its guidance works.
Interestingly, they show an armour plate which has been hit by a Starstreak.
He never describes the exact thickness, he just says “over an inch thick”. It could quite easily be 35-40mm thick and the Starstreak seems to have penetrated it pretty easily, punching a huge hole in it.
To me this says the 50mm figure is probably a bit of an understatement if it can penetrate that much armour seemingly quite easily.
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I doubt Gaijin will except this as a source though unfortunately.