Sources say 8-10% better performance. Much more propellant than DM63 or 53. 30ms more is not right imho.
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performance doesnt translate into penetration,
Its the overall capability cause of the further range
Your opinion is just wrong
1780m/s (dm73)–1750 m/s (dm53) is 30m/s, like i said those values are for the dm63 anyways there you have a 7% higher muzzle energy
Yeah nice tab. Probably pulled right from Lenin’s Mausoleum.
DM 73 uses the same penetrator (LKE II) as DM 53, DM 53 A1, DM 63 and DM 63 A1, however features a high-pressure variant of the SCDB propellant used in DM 53 A1, DM 63 and DM 63 A1, allowing a higher muzzle-velocity of 1780m/s compared to 1750m/s on DM 53 and 1720m/s on the others (Values relevant to ~ +21°C temperature)
Since the game doesnt model the other advantages this propellant (SCDB) brings (such as lower vulnurability/higher cook-off times, reduced muzzle-velocity delta in different temperatures and thus lower dispersion aswell as reduced barrel-wear), the sole benefit of DM 73 comes with the 30m/s higher muzzle-velocity, which only results in a marginal increase in penetration.
Note: perforation here is line-of-sight perforation ingame: Dimensions and Density are taken from the values used for DM 53 ingame.
Therefore it penetrates:
663mm Plate at 0°, 0m
387.2mm Plate at 60°, 0m (774.4mm LOS)
Is like 10mm higher than DM 53 at point blank and ig a bit more at higher distances.
Here, i’ll just ignore the issues with DM 53’s dimensions and density, which make the rod underperform quite drastically as its kinda hard to provide specific sourcing for that (logic isnt allowed; the current values are physically impossible lol).
But anyway, gaijin could just add the rod and nothing would change really.
Maybe some idiots on reddit will mald about it not penning 5m of RHA like usually (because reading is hard) but that’s about it.
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hey, f you buddy. You’re right!
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