You seem to think that I was comparing A2 and A3. But no.
I am comparing A3 and “potential A3” if instead of a steel tip there was an elongated penetrator.
Wake up at last.
I initially said that I didn’t understand why a tip was needed if a longer penetrator would have the same overall effect instead.
You were definitely were comparing those two lmao. Anyways this just gets worse for you, the “potential A3” would loose more of the round due to the explosion of the era than what it looses due to the tip existing, you would then also be left with a damaged round and blunted tip which would have worse performance. The steel can preform two jobs one it puts less impact pressure on the armor which prevents it from setting itself off, or two can sustain the blast pressure a bit better than the DU can which is what they were trying to explain to you.
Ah, I think something is allowed to be published here.
Here is the patent
so… its always angled at 70 degrees or are you just assuming the best case scenario
because no way a 40mm plate at 0 degrees can provide 120mm of RHA protection
how exactly does an exploded relikt that detonated on the sacrificial tip is doing anything to hinder the main penetrator?
Actually according to the patent I posted, the exact opposite happens. The round uses the outer flyer plate to rotate the round to be more normal. So if we assume the main penetrator has the same dimensions as M829a2 impacting at the same velocity, it would have better penetration when going through the ERA than M829A2 would be striking the plain armor
Maybe im just dumb but is this a response to my question that im just too ignorant to figure out?😅
Yeah.
TLDR: It won’t degrade the penetration. If anything, it will increase the penetration
Just passing by, btw, a long tip increase the dead zone of ERA (so the front plate only interact with tip, not the main rod) and it result in pen probability. Like if u hit a 68-deg front-plate-only ERA with 1.4km/s rod, the plate fly 0.2km/s, 200mm tip, you will have about 143.3mm weak zone where it only bash the tip.
Let ERA be 500mm long, and your main rod will definitely pen it without tip, you will increase the pen prob by 28.6%
Guys check my new issue: Community Bug Reporting System
best Gajin can do is add a new ERA that cancels out all rounds and add another t90 with an extra reverse gear