The veak can technically fire the 40mm HEVT rounds, and if it had entered service there would have been no reason not to load it with those rounds.
And as I pointed out earlier in this post, the information for the veak is old and hasnt changed in decades. Why was the veak ever given the HEVT ammo if it never had it in the first place? Gaijin knew it never used the ammo right from the beginning.
If it wasnt so frustrating watching yall bounce all over the “not historical - its for balance” excuse it would be extremely funny.
There is a secondary source I found which lists the HEF shell having a radio fuse with a 4.8 meter trigger radius. Presumably, this is what they originally used.
I’ve since lost the source, and can’t be bothered tracking it down again, but IIRC, the source is a US govermental translation of a publication from the Soviet Union on foreign SPAA systems.
Interestingly, it was originally released several years before 40mm HEVT was released publically. So either the Soviet authors managed to predict a round that didn’t exist at the time, but shortly would, or they’d found evidence that the VEAK was being tested with HEVT rounds which we know from other sources were being tested concurrently.
That’s the one. Note that the report came out in 1971 (And translated in 1972), meanwhile HEVT shells were only entered production in 1975 according to other sourcess.
While the shells probably weren’t in full production, they were probably producing them in smaller quantities for testing purposes at that time.
Someone didnt just draw the shell on paper and then go straight into full production.
Yes. But the source indicates that the VEAK was likely in testing with the HEVT shells and/or was intended on recieving them when it/they entered service.
AKA the exact justification for the Yak-141 getting everything that it has.
Its funny that this is where these type of conversations go in regards to Gaijin making changes to vehicles. Somehow they get so much wrong with every other nation but rarely make changes to Russia.
After doing some reading around in some of the other topics, and even going back to the old forum, regarding the Veak and its ammo, It seems that a few of the 40mm shells had the ability to interchange fuses. And the VT fuse, was just a fuse made to fit and already existing shell.
Back in the old forum, there was a bit of disagreement over some of the translation of the attached document. But basically, It was either a timed fuse, or a high sensitivity contact fuse that is shown on one of the pages. While neither would be as good as the VT shell, either would be better than what the tank currently gets.
True anything with Object in the name > Bye, any thing with XM & VK designation > bye.
People, why is my TT so empty and full of holes?
still not sure why they removed it, but when it had HE-VT it was one of the best canon SPAAG i used ;P
Mine sits in GFAB at a very nice 4.4 : 1 K/D, rarely used it after the change, since i was shooting stuff with the equally good ASRAD-R.
We do not generally base vehicle or weapon additions on arguments like “but a similar gun on a ship fired it, so technically…” — that’s not how implementation works. We only consider rounds that were either definitely fired by the platform in question or at the very least tested with it.
If the VEAK 40 had fired HE-VT, it would be eligible to receive it. But as of now, there is no evidence to support that.
Current confirmed ammunition for the VEAK 40 includes:
An APDS — ~1200 m/s; ~120 mm penetration against flat armor at 100 m
An HE-I — ~1005 m/s (comparable to Leopard 40/70 and AMX-13 DCA 40)
An AP-T — ~1005 m/s (also comparable to Leopard 40/70 and AMX-13 DCA 40)
(For context I’m aware as are many that the current in-game ammunition for the Lvakan m/48 is incorrect and that the above amunition types arent in-game)
Correction:
The Swedish Navy was testing the HE-VT at the time the VEAK 40 was at the end of its project. the Army did not, and there is no documentation showing the VEAK 40 was ever tested with it.
Until evidence surfaces confirming the VEAK 40 fired HE-VT, it will not receive the shell.
This is the final word on the matter unless new proof emerges.
It seems that the 40mm proxy was in testing during the same time the VEAK 40 was tested, there is however no evidence of direct usage of proxy with the specific vehicle.
I would rather choose gameplay over realistic bro, since I despise CAS in ground battle so much, having a M247 doppelganger means more dead planes in that br, the only good plane in ground battle is a dead plane.
So give it the HEVT back and ground mains are so back, maybe also put the Tiger 2 105 and Panther 2 up for sales bro Gaijin gonna make so much money.
Like I said “production of 40mm VT” testing may have overlapped but 40mm VT was not an available munition until well after the VEAK was sent to the scrap heap. If we are going to go with “well it could shoot it” then all the Bofors 40mm, like the dusters, get VT… not that I wouldn’t enjoy the CAS screeching mind you.
Page 46 of this Army ammo register says one of the 40mm shells used the navy fuse.
And also looks to have dates of 1963 and 1964.
also
This Russian paper that was translated in 1972 says
" The
high-explosive fragmentation shells use a radio fuze which is actuated
4.8 m from the target."
on page 198
This is all old information that has been pointed out to Gaijin multiple times.
Just because Gaijin wants to pick and choose which Information it calls “correct” doesnt mean there isnt evidence out there, and we all know Gaijin has a bad habit of cherry picking info.
No yall dont, and your next statement just shows that.
At least with the APDS ammo the VEAK would be useful against tanks.
While there doesnt appear to be any direct evidence that the VEAK fired the “VT” shell, there is plenty of evidence to show it fired a shell similar enough to it that Gaijin could just tweak the parameter of an existing VT shell in game to get the same effect.
Gaijin already does this with multiple other vehicles and ammo types in game.
Taking away the one shell that made this tank useful at all saying “but historical reasons” while at the same time knowing, and ignoring, the correct ammo for the tank is just hypocritical.
Gun feed is automatic, from a magazine. The basic ammunition
load is 425 rounds withhigh-explosive and armor-piercing shells. The high-explosive fragmentation shells use a radio fuze which is actuated 4.8 m from the target.
It even gives you the trigger distance for the fused shells.
The Army ammo register gives you the explosive content of the shell.
