It is possible that tests was done against mild steel or other type of armor. Because even in documents Type 94 37mm field gun with higher muzzle velocity has lower penetration
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Ki-45 Otsu penetration increase:
Ho-203 and Ho-204 would have the same 720g Type 1 APHE, but with lower velocity.
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That’s because the gun was changed from a Type 94 to a Type 98
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It would be nice for them to have the same shell too.
Especially after the Ho-203 was nerfed (albeit historically)
The stat card for the Ho-401 indicates that it can penetrate 28 mm of armor at a distance of 10 m. However, during a test flight on the Dev server, it was verified that it can penetrate 30 mm of armor from a distance of about 250 m. This is likely because the speed of the aircraft is being added to the muzzle velocity of the projectile in the simulation.
Diving the Ki-102 Otsu and flying level at treetop height at a speed of about 700 km/h (200 m/s), a 57 mm practice shell penetrated the 30 mm front hull armor of a Pz. III E from a distance of about 250 m. The fragments knocked out three crew members. However, it is true that the armor penetration capability of the practice shells for the Ho-401 is inferior. Ricochets and failure to cause damage often occur.
The claim that the Ho-204, with a muzzle velocity of about 500-600 m/s, can penetrate 45 mm of armor at a distance of 500 m might also be calculating the armor penetration capability by adding the speed of the aircraft to the muzzle velocity.
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Probably. I don’t really see much point in using 37mm AP rounds against aircraft, since the destructive power of a 37mm HEI is just so much higher than what an AP round can accomplish with a random hit.
So I would assume that the AP round was meant against armored ground and naval targets.
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At least we have practice shells lol
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Too bad it’s missing 9 Pages. Book 3 is not included about the bombs and guns.
But in the beginning it says that the Otsu carried either 1x500kg, 1x250kg, 2x100kg or 4x50kg bombs.
The HEF shell specification for Ho-401 has been fixed based on the bug report you submitted, but oddly enough it is not mentioned in the patch notes and the bug report comments have not been updated. The pilots of the Ki-102 Otsu would have welcomed a buff to the HEF shell more than the addition of practice shells.
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/3IftSUGSlcRh
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That’s quite good, I wasn’t aware of the HE buff until you pointed it out.
Now that we have the practice shell, it’s time for bombs! :D
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And a completely new damage model. That plane gets annihilated by 7.7mms…
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Was that mentioned in the patch notes, that it now shows the armor penetration by ‘explosive action’ in the stat card? Which is a pretty nice addition in general.
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I believe some of the armor is missing, but I would have to double-check to be sure