The M1 Abrams has a 105 mm rifled barrel, and HESH needs a smooth bore cannon. The M1 only ever used four types of rounds: APFSDS, HEAT, HEP, and Bee-hive. The HEP (High Explosive Plastic) was for use against bunkers and other soft targets, and was not considered an anti-tank round.
That’s wrong. HESH specifically needs rifled barrel. Which is why the Chally 2 kept rifled barrel, because the british wanted to keep HESH rounds
you want 20 mins on
Now whether or not HESH is the right shell for that tank is another matter altogether, but its not because its a rifled barrel
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HEP is the US designation for HESH.
It is that simple.
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Interesting, in my service, we never saw it as an anti-tank round - purely for fortifications.
I was inspired to make the post after watching a recent Tank Museum video, and I misheard the narrator. It was my mistake for stating it required a smooth bore.
Now whether or not its for armoured targets is an entirely different question. Probably not. though I run 1 or 2 for those rare times I need something HE (though it should probably do more damage than it does in game, I think there is a post somewhere about that)
From my understanding it was meant for a AP/Anti-fortified target like a bunker or for dealing with things like APCs and not really MBTs.
It’s rather sad.
Thanks for addressing this man’s false claims BTW.
Yeah, easy mistake to make, HESH is a wierd addition to the game at the moment