The 152mm APFSDS fired by the Object 292 has the highest penetration of any APFSDS currently implemented in the game at 698mm, but its penetration does not exceed 700mm and may not penetrate some vehicles.
The commonly held theory is that it was intentionally weakened to maintain game balance, but when it comes to weakening for the sake of in-game balance, the main types of weakening include slowing down the reload speed, reducing the number of rounds, and adding hit detection to modules, so it is unlikely that the weakening would be done by reducing the performance of the shells.
So we decided to do some data mining of the Object 292’s 152mm LP-83 smoothbore cannon and found something interesting.
“damageCaliber” indicates the diameter of the penetrator, and “lanzOdermattWorkingLength” indicates the length of the penetrator.
It was discovered that the reason the penetration force of the 152mm APFSDS does not exceed 700mm is because the coded length of the penetrator is only 640mm. At 640mm long and 28mm in diameter, this is only slightly larger than the 3BM42 used in the 125mm gun. However, historical sources suggest that the original penetrator length was over 800mm, which is significantly shorter.
It is unclear whether this is the result of coding data from incorrect sources, or whether it was intentionally coded short for game balance reasons, but in any case, some kind of response will be necessary.
The fourth one is included for reference. The muzzle velocity of the 152mm APFSDS in the game is 1980m/s, but the documentation says that an APFSDS with a muzzle velocity of 1980m/s has a mass of 10kg. To make the APFSDS mass 10kg, the only possible options are to make the diameter extraordinarily thick, around 35mm (assuming the penetrator length is 640mm), or to lengthen it to around 930mm (assuming the diameter is 28mm).
Real life ammunition is tested against angled plates, not flat plates.
And the angled penetration of Object 292’s round is 794mm of armor at 2000 meters distance at 60 degrees.
387/cos60 or 387x2.
