I aimed at enemy Tiger E, penetration crosshair showed red.
In tool where I can observer penetration of different shells for different vehicles, it showed at the same spot green.
So arcade crosshair lied to me, lead to panic and loss of duel.
The 122 mm 3OF24 is an HE (high explosive) shell.
First of all, the penetration indication you got is not for the mantlet but the hull roof. 50mm of pen won’t go through a Tiger 1s turret face regardless of what you do.
Second, your shell did not hit where you were pointing at.
Before pulling the trigger you aimed slightly too low and your shell scraped the edge of his upper front plate.
TLDR, do not rely on the penetration indicator. Know what your shell does and aim accordingly (in the case of high caliber HE always try to aim for roofs, be it the turret roof or hull roof). You are still a relatively new player and it will take time to learn all the stuff this game has to offer but better to start early than be confused when the game doesn’t behave like you thought.
Don’t trust the pen cross hair, it’s a lie, you should instead learn where to shoot yourself so you don’t need to rely on the arrow.
(Then play realistic like the rest of us)
Hello. Thank you for answering and advice. In future I will rely on my knowledge instead of indicator.
About other things you’ve mentioned.
Yeah, I figured it out that indicator was showing pen of roof instead of turret or mantle.
And I know that I missed. I panicked and instead of shooting where pen supposed to happen, I was dragging my crosshair trying to find green indicator and made a blind shoot.
Anyway, thank you for clarification!
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