BRO THERE IS NO HE ROUND??
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My favorite MG in the game just got gimped
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The HE round is just called IAI in game for some reason. IJN called it Incendiary Projectile.
That IAI filled stealth belt could be quite powerful.
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Okay, phew.
Are there any other shells we can get for this belt? We’ve only the US reports showing the three shell types (AP, HE, Tracer), but they can be unreliable.
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13 mm Type 2 MG issues. The caliber of the 13 mm Type 2 MG is incorrect. This flexible machine gun is a licensed production model of the MG 131, so the caliber should be 13.0 mm, not 13.2 mm. The weight of the rounds is also incorrect. It should be AP-T rounds instead of AP rounds.
13 mm Type 2 MG Ammo (Dev server)
I think the ammunition for the 13.2 mm Type 3 MG is mostly accurate. I wonder if the filling of the incendiary rounds has been simplified.
13.2 mm Type 3 MG Ammo (Dev server)
Source
Japanese Aerial Ordnance and Equipmant; dated February 1944
https://dl.ndl.go.jp/en/pid/4009533/1/50
Japanese Machine Gun and Machine Cannon Ammunition; undated
https://dl.ndl.go.jp/en/pid/4009530/1/49
13 mm Type 2 MG (Japanese MG 131) Firing 13.2 mm Ammo
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/uPjjkKbdMsip
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Finally got some CAS element in the tree
We reported 13mm Type 2 several months ago.
Ball and Tracer appear to have been for training use. Combat belts should have AP-T, HE-T, HE-I, IAI.
Again the IAI round appears to be a fuzeless round, which could be designated as HE-I, IAI or I.
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/0uzVEIqJ6oKJ
13.2mm Type 3 fix seem to have gone along the report. There is also one about 7.92mm machine guns. We didn’t separate navy and army ammo types in that one.
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So, are we missing the HE rounds then?
Yes there is no HE-T and the Incendiary round is a basic Incendiary without explosives.
Like tester said, the projectiles and their velocities are also wrong.
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MB, I was confused earlier by IAI being conflated with HE-I.
Does Japan have F-15s that can mount guided A2G munitions or is that role covered by the F-2s?
A future F-15 variant is planned to get guided A2G armament, otherwise its just the F-2 and F-35.
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Japan’s military is so weird sometimes lol
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Article 9: Who said that? I think that is normal!
Its painful.
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I want my HE round
Stealth belt
That looks sick
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