but what use has it, when its in the armor? I mean im not an expert, but wouldnt you want it to be the outer most layer ontop of the armor?
It’s one of the most inner layers of the armor. On some naval ships it’s the same way, they install the Kevlar layer on the inner most layer towards the crew compartments and will put thin paneling, or something over it
Think about it, the point of spall liners is to reduce the amount of spalling and fragmentation created when Steele is pierced. If the softer Spall liner is on the outside, it would have no effect on the rounds performance, and then it would pass through and punch through the steel, which would then spall on the inside crew compartment, sending metal fragments everywhere.
By placing the Spall liner on the inside, it still won’t stop the APFSDS if it punches through, but it will catch smaller and lighter fragments produced by the penetration, and reduce the overall cone of damage produced by penetration.
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no, i already know that you put it inside of the tank, but i dont know why you put it inside the armor, cause then you have another fragmentation layer that you dont block with it, so why did they do that alegedly on the abrams?
Red Effect just put out a new video actually regarding the Abrams situation, and apparently according to an interview he made with an Abrams Tanker, there is no spall liner inside the tank, except for the ammo rack. This makes since as we can’t see any spall liner inside the crew cabin, and it wouldn’t really make since to put spall liner in the composite armor, as it would no longer serve a purpose like you said. So yeah I guess the Abrams really didn’t have any Spall liner worth modeling with the exception of the blowout panel doors
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An experimental round with 600+ penetration has been passed:
New APFSDS DTC-10E/S should be added into Chinese MBT // Gaijin.net // Issues
Refining of ERA modelling has also been passed:
The ERAs of VT4A1&MBT2000 needs to be refined. // Gaijin.net // Issues
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The new shell being passed in particular is great news! China could really use some improved firepower at the top, as it’s tank are otherwise at risk of falling behind
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Well done to you, dear friends.
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Does the VT-4 actually have 8mm rubber side skirts?
In this video the guy taps on the skirt and it doesn’t look like the VT-4 is rubber like the VT-2 next to it.
It seems like the VT-4’s skirt is hard and rigid with bolts through it. It also doesn’t look like its only 8mm, but I’m a bad judge for that. I have no idea what he is saying, can someone translate it?
In other words, China and other minor nations are so unimportant you don’t get special treatment…
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I think it’s more of a “we needed to placate our western fan base as they were the largest upset community at the time”
I guess on Chinese social media they did make a statement about how they were going to address some things, and they have, but there is still work that needs to be done, and I just wish we could get a time table as to when they issues might be delt with. Reload rate buffs are something that that can be subject to game balance decisions, but the spall liner is something that should come to all tanks that can use them as soon as possible. Given that several reports about Chinese Spall liners have been passed, I hope we will see them next update.
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I’d prefer if they come before next update, but likely after knowing gaijin
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Anyone know the name of this gun? Is this ZPT-98?
What tank is this inside of?
I know this isnt related to this topic but I really need some information about this gun and fire control system(Specially sights)
Skirt armor, (is) steel plate
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so im sure that it should be steel plate but not the rubber
vt4 is a pretty mediocre tank in warthunder. A lot of that is due to the awful chassis its built off of. ztz96 by design is very flawed, Inheriting the drawbacks of a t72s ammo storage, but with a massive lower plate weakspot. So at least the gun handling is on par with nato tanks to make up for this, right? Wrong. Not only is the amor layout nonsensical, its still unable to depress its gun more than 5 degrees, so you cant hide the massive lower plate trying to snipe like a challenger. Its a polished turd, but still a turd
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Just off topic, could you measure the included angle（in degree） between 73mm gun and the atgm launcher？
Firstly, no I’m not really any good at that, and secondly, why ask me?