shooting under tank with HE

[CT center]

it use to be that if you shot under a atnk with a strong HE shell it would be able to kill the tank, but nowadays it seems to do 0 damage and doesnt even damage the tracks, how are you supposed to know if doing this will actually kill the tank or not?

[Dakota]

Works for me with some shells, but some tanks have more under armor than others. If I remember correctly Russian tanks at top tier have pretty weak armor there but have an extra strong HE shell of their own, they're still immune to 105 shells from abrams whether they be HEAT or HESH, but the MBT70's 152mm HEAT shell under them explodes their ammo. Too bad we can't see under the tanks in armor viewer.

[kamikazi21358]

Originally posted by Dakota:

Too bad we can't see under the tanks in armor viewer.

I think if you adjust the POV just to the right position, you can kind of get a glance at the lower armor to tell you the thickness, however I haven’t tried in awhile.

[Fang [DK]]

well Hit mechanics in this game is crap,, and need a big update/fix

not even in world of tanks, the hit mechanic is that ♥♥♥♥♥♥ O,o

you die from getting hit on your tracks by a scratch

[halolo39]

they nerfed the HE fragmentation, i think last year it was.

[CT center]

Originally posted by halolo39:

they nerfed the HE fragmentation, i think last year it was.

but HE is soooo bad

[83athom]

Originally posted by CT center:

Originally posted by halolo39:

they nerfed the HE fragmentation, i think last year it was.

but HE is soooo bad

People were just being extremely salty about getting killed by arty and bombs/rockets.

[Franss the Coffee Addict]

Originally posted by CT center:

Originally posted by halolo39:

they nerfed the HE fragmentation, i think last year it was.

but HE is soooo bad

*cries in HESH performance*

[Kay]

Originally posted by CT center:

Originally posted by halolo39:

they nerfed the HE fragmentation, i think last year it was.

but HE is soooo bad

It isn't supposed to be used to destroy tanks, that's why it's bad at that.

[CT center]

Originally posted by Ki'agh:

Originally posted by CT center:

but HE is soooo bad

It isn't supposed to be used to destroy tanks, that's why it's bad at that.

but when theres half a dozen tanks that only have that shell and are meant to kill wih it...

[Dakota]

Originally posted by CT center:

Originally posted by Ki'agh:

It isn't supposed to be used to destroy tanks, that's why it's bad at that.

but when theres half a dozen tanks that only have that shell and are meant to kill wih it...

What tanks are those?

[Kay]

Originally posted by CT center:

Originally posted by Ki'agh:

It isn't supposed to be used to destroy tanks, that's why it's bad at that.

but when theres half a dozen tanks that only have that shell and are meant to kill wih it...

Those tanks (there are 3 IIRC) have high calibre HE rounds, so they can effectively damage enemy tanks by hitting the front turret (shrapnel goes in through the Hull roof) or the top of the turret

[CT center]

su-122
chi-ha short gun
lorraine 155
churchill mk1 (hull gun(the most useless gun in existance))

[KissHUN *;--;*]

Originally posted by halolo39:

they nerfed the HE fragmentation, i think last year it was.

gaijin nerfed the whole HE ammo in generaly many years ago... kv-2 he penetration was originally have 75mm pen, js-2 and all the russian 122mm cannons HE was 45mm pen, and even the german 88 HE have a nice 16mm pen back in time.

and the damage(fragmentation) radius is also reduced significantly.

[CT center]

Originally posted by Kiss(HUN) *--*:

Originally posted by halolo39:

they nerfed the HE fragmentation, i think last year it was.

gaijin nerfed the whole HE ammo in generaly many years ago... kv-2 he penetration was originally have 75mm pen, js-2 and all the russian 122mm cannons HE was 45mm pen, and even the german 88 HE have a nice 16mm pen back in time.

and the damage(fragmentation) radius is also reduced significantly.

but HE is so more powerful in real life.
a 1946 study on the panther showed that it could be destroyed (essentially hull broke) by firing at it from the side with a sherman that has a 75mm gun with HE.

[kamikazi21358]

Originally posted by CT center:

su-122
chi-ha short gun
lorraine 155
churchill mk1 (hull gun(the most useless gun in existance))

Tbf irl, these were not used or intended to be used against tanks. They were anti infantry/fortification weapons.