Anyone know ??
Because historically they didn’t use it. They tested APHE but weren’t particularly impressed by it so they simply stuck with solid AP, on top of the additional logistics and cost that would’ve been required to implement it there just wasn’t any strong enough argument to justify it.
Solid AP is awful in WT because Gaijin doesn’t know how to code properly, but historically Solid AP performed better than APHE in penetration and even post-pen depending on caliber.
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Irl the crew will generally abandon the tank when it is penetrated, so big ole explosive was not needed as it weakened the structural integrity of the shell.
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good question
Because when APHE arrived in Europe it sucked and had a number of issues that made it one of the worst shells. so much in fact that it makes some of the worst shells in WT look good. So the UK de-HE them for some time.
But when the US APHE shells had the issues worked out they began using APHE(the US and UK guns more often than not are the same), due to this there are a number of bug reports for missing APHE shells on UK tanks.
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Historical issue.
I heard that the WW2-era APHE did not match British standards, and they thought that Solid AP would be more reliable than APHE.
They even used an ‘explosive-less’ version of M61 APCBC.
But, thanks to gaijin which cherry-picking the historical in the ‘kill-the-limey-freak’ way
‘That unreliable fuses of APHE’ wasn’t implemented due to a gameplay issue.
nothing but solid AP for the British left.
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It is real strugle.
Especially low calibre AP is pain in the a…
Very rare one shot kill with AP, especially those in low BR and small calibre. I sometimes hit enemy more than 5 times to kill it.
British and French are worst. That is why I do not like to play British and French.
Yes. Despite not being a historical game Gaijin decided to make WT an historical game and follow history in a game that is not historical.So we have histrionically realistic ammo in a fantasy game scenario. Work that out.
Why do we have Sweden in the game then at WW2 ? Are we doing history or not?
On top of everything people have said here, it’s always important to remember, APHE massively overperforms in WT. It was not as much as a no brainer to prefer APHE irl as it appears in game.
If you’re in a tank in WW2, and a shell comes in and turns half your crew to mist. You don’t care what the hell that round was, you’re getting out and abandoning the vehicle. AP achieves this just fine.
In WT, your last two guys are happy to stay in the tank, painted red by their recently de-atomized comrades, and carry on the fight. So APHE with its unrealistic blast arc is more useful to prevent this.
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APHE is not a superior round in the real world
Its costlier to manufacture
It is less reliable than solid shot alternatives
Well, we all know…
Gaijin is charming their eyes for Nerf British and looks British main suffer…
As a joke
If the British were the only nation which used APHE, the Reliability issue of APHE’s fuse might be implemented, and the shell would always malfunction when it hit the enemies.
Well, I don’t know. maybe Gaijin’s another double standard?
They are only strict when they nerf and lynch the British I guess.
adding captured vehicles in British is forbidden
giving British vehicles an APHE version of M61 APCBC which has 75mm QF Mk. V gun and fires a Solid Version of M61 as ‘Technically compatibility’ is also prohibited…
I am sure that if the UK used APHE and America used the Solid AP version of the M61 shot,
(Assuming that we have Completely opposite of the current ingame situation)
then USA might have an option to use M61 APCBC with filler.
“Technically 75mm M3 cannon can fire both versions of M61 APCBC so it is fine!” maybe?
See we also have running a thread for WW2 separation on here and those against it claim Gaijin dont do history they do balance.If that is the case do UK APHE and roof mounted MG. If we are doing what is historically correct then remove the modern artillery from 6BR and give us WW2 as it would have been to a degree.
Do the history or dont do the history I dont care but to hit us with this confusing mess,no wonder the OP asks this question.
I don’t see the correlation, UK just didn’t really use a lot of APHE outside of naval guns and Sweden is another country
Even though it is outlined in the question?
His answer wasn’t really limited to WW2 Historical AccuracyTM, during tank development of WW2 UK just didn’t really develop APHE for it’s native tanks.
You could say in the same context that the 1980s+ Challenger MBTs not having HEAT was a “Historical Issue”
If the game is doing historical accuracy they why feature Sweden in WW2? Why not start Sweden as they started Israel,post war at 6BR?
Actually why start Israel at 6BR if we are not taking history into consideration,they had plenty of 4BR tanks at the start? I’m not trying to be an ass but can you see where I am coming from here?
He mentioned history and you are going on the wildest tangent.
Where is my wild tangent?
UK not using APHE historically =/= Sweden shouldn’t be in the game for historical accuracy
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