Shot with blown cannon

[Gord]

I got killed by a guy with his cannon peeled like a banana, is this even possible? I've been playing this game for 2 years and i've never seen or been able to shoot with a blown cannon before.

[cowinspace]

You can do it with HEAT or HE rounds which don't rely on velocity for penetrative power. It's hard to do, as you have to manually adjust the range with no guide, but not impossible. I know I've gotten a kill or two with a dead barrel because the person shooting at me got overconfident and drove closer.

[Miyu]

Im assuming its AB.

[Gord]

Originally posted by O'neill-san:

Im assuming its AB.

It was realistic battles

[Gord]

Originally posted by cowinspace:

You can do it with HEAT or HE rounds which don't rely on velocity for penetrative power. It's hard to do, as you have to manually adjust the range with no guide, but not impossible. I know I've gotten a kill or two with a dead barrel because the person shooting at me got overconfident and drove closer.

Ok, thanks

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

It's possible sometimes from close range and from point-blank range even with APCBC.

[Miyu]

Wait, in RB you cannot shoot if your cannon is damaged, or peeled like a banana.

[Gord]

Originally posted by O'neill-san:

Wait, in RB you cannot shoot if your cannon is damaged, or peeled like a banana.

A cheater maybe

[Chaotic Harmony]

Originally posted by Orjanx98:

Originally posted by O'neill-san:

Wait, in RB you cannot shoot if your cannon is damaged, or peeled like a banana.

A cheater maybe

Damage is handled server-side so hacking that would be unlikely; i would just make it out to be RNG honestly.

[Foxtrot39]

Only broken breach prevents you to fire, broken gun barrel only give you around 50m dispersion each 100m and reduce shell pen by around 50%

[Miyu]

That..must not be true. I had cases with broken guns and i was not able to shoot.

[Foxtrot39]

Depend of how broken it is,

Orange/red allow to fire but has high chance to completly break the gun after

Black is only possible in AB

[Chaotic Harmony]

Originally posted by O'neill-san:

That..must not be true. I had cases with broken guns and i was not able to shoot.

Originally posted by Foxtrot39:

Depend of how broken it is,

Orange/red allow to fire but has high chance to completly break the gun after

Black is only possible in AB

He's right; your barrel can be severely damaged but if the breach is still intact firing is still possible. Though black would be the "Peeled barrel" i'm wondering if this is a client not rendering damage properly.

[Miyu]

No, i meant if your gun barrel has already exploded, thus black, it cannot shot. At least i wasnt able to. Like never. And you can also turn it black by shooting at it. For instance when im in an AA and facing a tank i cant penetrate, i just wreck his gun, so they cannot fire, and they never do.

[Miyu]

Just tested it. If your cannon is broken. Black or the shell exploded. It will not load the next shell in. You literally cant shoot unless in AB

[JttJ]

Arent the barrel and the gun breach two different parts that can be independently disabled though? If you shoot the barrel it will be destroyed, but if the gun breach is damaged the shell could explode in your tank as you try to fire it. I don't know if damaging only the barrel will cause it to peel outwaard like that, though...