Why do people hate apds?

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1

I’ve honestly got a question for ppl.

Why do y’all hate apds?

It’s been one of my my favourite rounds on some tanks.

The British 17pdr is a great gun, good reload, insane pen just on the AP.

The US 76mm on the M41A1 and the T92 is really fun too. Punchy, good reload pretty decent apds.

But my all time favourite so far is the British 20pdr apds. I recently started grinding England and bought the centurion action x. Let me tell you, that thing is a monster. I upper front plated a king tiger with it with ease, lower front plated a Maus. It’s point and click on panthers and t-34’s and t-44’s. The only thing I’ve ever had penning is the Somua SM’s upper front.

I honestly don’t really get the hate and I can only remember a few times it’s messed me up

(If the video attatches you’ll see)

I think it’s a godsend on some tanks(centurion action x my beloved)

2

for me a lot of times it creates little to no spall, and to me there’s also generally a better round than APDS at most BR’s, IMO, even if they have less pen

3

Core issue is not apds itself but which specific modifier/preset it uses.
Modern apds shells are really good and relatively consistent thus fun to use.
(e.g. 105mm DM13 on Leopard 1 or TAM)

The same can not be said for early apds (preset is called tank_apds_early or similar), which has abysmal post-pen damage, abysmal angle performance and is much more likely to shatter on overlapping/angled plates.
(e.g. 57 mm slpprj m/49 on Pvkv IV)

4

Speaks for itself.

APDS to the crotch.

Turns red.

5

It is incredibly inconsistant.

Sure it will often pen, but what it does after it pens is a total roll of the dice.

APHE will usually always one shot when it pens