20 pounder APDS having horrible post pen effect?

[Obamenau]

Has it been changed somehow? In one match i shot 3 guys perfectly in the ammo (which turned black) , with absolutely no results. in the very same match i shot a panther in the side , missing his ammo by an inch and doing zero damage to anything. Its getting very annoying as if i've wouldve gotten the kill id hit the 2000 point or 6 kill mark (RB) for the event.

I know that the brits are exactly suffering but the apds seem to suck balls in my latest experience.

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Yes the 84mm APDS is now complete trash that often does very little damage. I actually carry most of the ammo load as solid shot now that seems to be slightly buffed and actually works better then it did before, I only carry about 10-12 shells of APDS for emergency when you run into something that you cant penetrate otherwise but it usually doesnt help much even when it penetrates, quite often the crew members are left yellow or orange and it almost never sets off ammo racks.

[Sethbag]

I haven't got long experience with these as I just recently got my Centurion Mk. 1 and FV4202 over the last couple of days, but I've gotten some good 1-shot kills and tons of crits. Yeah, you don't 1-shot people as much as everyone else does with their APHE rounds, but you probably pen more, and I get way more crits than I did with other ammo. I just finished a round where my FV4202 got 4 kills and 4 assists, and it was 7 critical hits and 12 hits. That's a huge percent of crits. And a lot of crits are ones that temporarily stop the enemy from firing back (killed a gunner or whatever) so there's usually time for a followup shot to some other part of the tank to kill other crew and complete the kill. Even if I don't get the kill, once I've critted the guy I know I'll get at least an assist, eventually, as long as someone kills it.

I'm not complaining. I'm having more fun with my Cent. Mk. 1 and FV4202 than I've had with most other tanks, and the Cent. Mk. 3 is going to be mine in the next day or so.

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

I run the FV 4202, Centurion Mk 3 and Charioteer line and APDS damage feels really horrible compared to before, so many unkilled crew members and generally useless frags.
It actually feels worse then Centurion Mk 1 felt when I spaded it altough it's higher caliber.

[CoreB]

When British tanks got introduced a week or so after APDS got nerfed hard.
I still use it though because it can do some decent damage but at the end of the day it is still solid shot so don't expect many one shots.
I take some rounds of normal AP (usually about 6) but I find APDS better as it's eaier to aim with it.
Annoying it takes 4 or 5 rounds to kill a king tiger though

[Obamenau]

Man i really dont understand it sometimes. You can hit a ZSU-37 pretty much anywhere on the front of the turret and get a oneshot kill.
Yet sometimes if you shoot a big high on the tiger 1s mantlet the shot will travel over its head and only tickle the commander a bit.

Isnt that the complete opposite of how its should work in reality?