Whats the best shell to use in warthunder?

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Carry mostly BR-365 with maybe a couple BR-365K shells.

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ok

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The T-34-85?

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nope the 5.3 rank one

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Soooo the T-34-85?

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yea

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Same thing, carry mostly BR-365 with maybe a couple BR-365K shells.

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I never even take BR-365K, I never have a use for them

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i just carry like below 20 shells so that will be okay.

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I’ve used it a couple times, but yeah the use cases are small.

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17 BR-365 and 3 O-365K imo

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i will test how much it explodes with those shells and without or with a smaller amount so i don’t go to a much and i go kaboom when an enemy fires a single shot.

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I just checked, take 18 BR-365, 3 O-365K, this fills up the first two ammo racks exactly. The first ammo rack only holds 12 shells which generally is not enough for a medium tank, and less than 21 and more than 12 is a waste, just take 21.

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ok

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What if your tank doesn’t have it?

lol…

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From my experience, I love penetration. I can deal with low-fragmentation rounds in tanks, but if I can’t penetrate every target from my visualization, then I can’t even get to the point of post-penetration.

And for aircraft, if it has both incendiary and ground unit penetration stats, I love the round.
Otherwise if incendiary is the only thing in the round, I will take that whenever possible.
I love catching aircraft on fire.

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If memory serves on air belts the velocity of the round for all rounds is set to the first round type in the belt - have not touched the DEFAs in a minute but have found choosing a faster start round has made my shots more accurate.

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depends on tank and caliber and what you feel does well

for example the m60 people say that the sabot is bad and that the heat is better, I disagree and think it does do well, its about personal preference

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In tanks there is no “best” shell. Usually it would be something with ENOUGH penetration and the BEST killing power. But lots of variables…APHE or APCBC is a good shell IF it can penetrate the target. IF not then you are better with APDS or APCR. HEAT is good…but you cant shoot trough obstacles…

I usually take a compromise shell (APHE or APCBC if available)…and change if target requires more penetration.

Many tanks only have one useful shell (i.e. same shell has the best killing power and penetration)…so it is easier in those cases.

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You are correct on that.