Well they could load full apds in theory, but those things were designed aa support in mind not some td Mode rushing videogame. That’s why main belt is aa and for apds they use 20ammo box outside, for selfdefence only.
And reason is quite simple, It takes 1.5h to load mainbelt on gepard.
Oh yeah
The bottom belt is armored and made to carry High explosive munitions, the smaller belt is made to carry AP munition and thus didn’t need to be armored. It was never planed or realistic to put HE into the unarmored belt
Personally I’d prefer they further limit/remove the AP belts. I’d rather have a lower tier SPAA that’s actually effective at its job, than an SPAA that’s better played as a light tank.
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They should uh… give the Gepard 1A2 FAPDS and Thermals
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APDS rounds have better velocity so it would improve spaa too
Gepard 1A2 should be the only 35mm SPAA with that capability AFAIK. It’s missing FAPDS.
Wounder why the core feature FAPDS (Frangible Armour Piercing Discarding Sabot, 35mm DM33) wasn’t included yet. That new ammo type as main AA belt was the main point of the A2 upgrade. Like 30-40% more effective AA range than the full calibre rounds and vs. ground alot more pen.
BTW: Recent APDS-T(tracer) production at the Rheinmetall plant in Unterluss, Germany. 35mmx228 APDS-T and HEI-T are currently mass produced in a 1:1 ratio. Theoretically its possible to fill the main Gepard belt just with APDS. Or a mix of HEI-T and APDS-T. No technical reason nor aviability prevent the use of APDS @ main belts. The one to one production ratio imho indicates the use of HEI-APDS-HEI-APDS belts. Otherwise they’d produce less of the APDS.
I hope so at some day, if the game were 100% accurate, things like these could make bad vehicles on players view actually being good and unique options. Spraying APDS-FS into tanks instead of using the main cannon could’ve been a fun unique thing for French engineering in War Thunder.
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no they should not, they are already cancer vehicles with full APHE
Agreed. Just model them correctly and adjust BR as needed rather than nerfing vehicles. WT is known for realism so model them as they are meant to be. I actually suck with them as their armor is so light.
There isnt a APDS round for the ZSU-23-4 until Poland is added to the game. And Polish FAPDS are DEFINETELY not going to the Russian ZSU-23.
Also most APDS rounds are generally too long to be in the main part of dual feed AA guns, which is why they are limited to only around 40 rounds depending on the gun. Also FAPDS would be wayyyyyyyyyyyy to overpowered because a full belt of 35mm APDS would just break the game or see things like the Gepard go up in BR to a point that isnt reasonable.
If I were you, mr. tigertank ragebaiter, I would just use the APHE rounds as they are honestly more effective than the APDS rounds
Though btw I do think the M163 should get FAPDS because why not
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m163 and hovet/machbet with with MK149 apds
Sorry but it was ahistorical, falcon never used apds, however amx30dca according to ai had it.
I would unironically use full apds belts for anti air due to their higher velocity, but no since a majority of people would use them against ground targets
20mm APDS not even op, see no one is complaining about Marder 20mm APDS right?
I was meaning xm246 (35mm) but 20mm apds, I see no issues with it for the most part
oh i see.
anyway a full 35mm APDS belt seems impossible bc of real life limitations
Still rounds go zoom
Lol