today, 2 times my kv220 die by this round without pen. is there a bug? btw both 2 enemy was tiger H1
Do you have a link to a replay?
The round has over 200g of tnt so it can get away with killing if it is close to penning.
The Pzgr 88mm round can overpressure like its 152mm HE, so just being hit by that round will kill the KV-220 instantly. Which is super dumb, APHE should require a hilariously high HE filler content (like nearing 120mm naval SAP levels) to actually be eligible for overpressure. But nobody wants APHE to be changed in any way for the future, so of course very braindead ammo like this will continue to exist.
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Kv-220? Well deserved.
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Basically this. It’s a overpressure issue. I die to them regularly when they hit the gun shield. For some reason it just ignores armor and goes straight in and hits ammo.
i play 6.0 for 2 years, sometimes can be incrible shots that kills me but this ones not like it.
i took 2 shots from him. i replay both shots from blk files. my second die have blk file too but didnt video it. if you need i can.
i upload my YT channel, i hope you can watch
here is link
“Wahhhh I died to one of the only tanks that can hold a candle to me at the BR”
The KV-220 is insanely good, dying a couple of times is not the end of the world, deal with it
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normaly we die a lot, but first we play for minutes repairing simulator and than die. if it good as you said, it become 6.7br. gaijin never makes germans unhappy.
just looking for a bug bc i play this tank for 2 years.
I thought the minimum caliber for overpressure from APHE was 120mm. It shouldn’t mater how much explosive filler it has, it shouldn’t ovperssure. We just got over the whole ‘shells ignoring armor of a reversing tank’ bug, so i’m betting there is something going on here that isn’t intended.
It’s a minimum HE filler amount that is required for overpressure to be enabled on the ammo. Said filler level is pathetically tiny, like 160 grams (barely more than a singular modern small hand grenade).
It just happens that most APHE with more than 160 grams of filler is usually larger than 120mm in caliber. But there are outliers like Pzgr and the 105mm US heavy tank ammo.
Looks like the second shot had just enough power to pen your turret ring. That caused the HE filler to over pressure your crew.
ok i beileve there is bug, i just die to ostwind, i was reversed, imposible.
last 2 days german shells broken, i can feel it.
no not pen, seems like nothing damaged but die instantly, kill cam shows not overpressured too. i just die to ostwind.
i few possibilities.
KV220 could have armor holes
The rounds ignoring armor bug is back
The over pressure stacking bug is back.
Due to the age of the kv220 model, i think the most likely option is the armor holes.
Kill cam has issues. Sometimes it will show a heat round hitting a light tanks and not show over pressure. In the case of the ostwind video, it shows the shrapnel killing your turret crew and driver.
It went through the armor and killed you.
As a fully-bushed-up player you deserve much worse.