Issues with the IS-3 penning the Tiger II cheeks

[Blamite Delight]

I've been unable to pen the front turret cheeks of tiger II's with the IS-3's BR471D shell. When it hits the cheek it simply shatters rather than penning.

[CoKane Dealer]

IS3 has no right complaining about anything.

[French Cat]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย CoKane Dealer:

IS3 has no right complaining about anything.

Get this man steam points

[Blamite Delight]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย French Cat:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย CoKane Dealer:

IS3 has no right complaining about anything.

Get this man steam points

no

[Blamite Delight]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย CoKane Dealer:

IS3 has no right complaining about anything.

IS-3 has the right to complain about anything

[FizzyElf]

Hmm if I had to guess the shatter is being caused by the MG in the turret, perhaps its as simple as a small shift in your shot placement that will fix it? That would be the most ideal scenario and the easiest to implement. I can't think of anything else beside the shell clipping the mantlet before it hits the turret face which would set off the fuse and detonate the round before it fully passes into the tank.

[FizzyElf]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย CoKane Dealer:

IS3 has no right complaining about anything.

What? The IS-3 has a lot to complain about, mainly the fact that it is a cheap pile of rust next to the IS-6. That being said it's not a bad tank but it is certainly not perfect.

[Blamite Delight]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย FizzyElf:

Hmm if I had to guess the shatter is being caused by the MG in the turret, perhaps its as simple as a small shift in your shot placement that will fix it? That would be the most ideal scenario and the easiest to implement. I can't think of anything else beside the shell clipping the mantlet before it hits the turret face which would set off the fuse and detonate the round before it fully passes into the tank.

I always aim for the right side cheek, and yes i've also experienced what you've described with the mantlet eating the shot because a part of the shell nudged against it and then vanished.

[Patriot03]

I haven't had this problem with my IS-3 today. WT is wonky and sometimes shells just get deleted no matter what you're firing or what you're aiming at.


PS: - That doesn't mean you shouldn't think about where you're aiming, just that sometimes it won't matter and you'll have a match or 2 with wonky results. The worst is when it happens 2 or 3 times in a row... Like a STUG's side armor being invulnerable to an M10...

[FizzyElf]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Blamite Delight:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย FizzyElf:

Hmm if I had to guess the shatter is being caused by the MG in the turret, perhaps its as simple as a small shift in your shot placement that will fix it? That would be the most ideal scenario and the easiest to implement. I can't think of anything else beside the shell clipping the mantlet before it hits the turret face which would set off the fuse and detonate the round before it fully passes into the tank.

I always aim for the right side cheek, and yes i've also experienced what you've described with the mantlet eating the shot because a part of the shell nudged against it and then vanished.

Yep right cheek has the MG port so that is probably what is screwing you over, the MG itself being the main problem the port isn't really of much note but the MG's inside of tanks can eat shells which is especially annoying on tanks with larger MG's like the french AMX series but its not a 100% guaranteed thing, it happens randomly so that it can surprise and screw you over when you don't expect it.

[Patriot03]

If it is the MG port then I'd say just aim on the left side, the 122mm shell should take everything out anyway so no need to focus the gunner.

[Blamite Delight]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย FizzyElf:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Blamite Delight:

I always aim for the right side cheek, and yes i've also experienced what you've described with the mantlet eating the shot because a part of the shell nudged against it and then vanished.

Yep right cheek has the MG port so that is probably what is screwing you over, the MG itself being the main problem the port isn't really of much note but the MG's inside of tanks can eat shells which is especially annoying on tanks with larger MG's like the french AMX series but its not a 100% guaranteed thing, it happens randomly so that it can surprise and screw you over when you don't expect it.

I was refering to me looking at the tiger for left and right turret cheek. Right side has the optics left side has the MG.
Left and Right from my perspective rather than left and right from the Tiger's perspective.

[FizzyElf]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Blamite Delight:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย FizzyElf:

Yep right cheek has the MG port so that is probably what is screwing you over, the MG itself being the main problem the port isn't really of much note but the MG's inside of tanks can eat shells which is especially annoying on tanks with larger MG's like the french AMX series but its not a 100% guaranteed thing, it happens randomly so that it can surprise and screw you over when you don't expect it.

I was refering to me looking at the tiger for left and right turret cheek. Right side has the optics left side has the MG.
Left and Right from my perspective rather than left and right from the Tiger's perspective.

Ah I see, then there must be something else causing the issue, I would say range but most maps at that BR aren't long enough for this issue to occur and even then that would assume you are an experienced sniper and very few of those drive the IS-3 (which in turn would mean you would know you can't pen the turret face in the first place). I guess the optic could have eaten the shell but I am very doubtful of that and a ghost shell would simply phase through the tank rather than shatter. Something happened but what it was I can't give any definite or likely answer for it beyond the fact that you got unlucky and I am guess the tiger killed you afterwards.

[{NTB} TheInflictor]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย CoKane Dealer:

IS3 has no right complaining about anything.

Roger that!

[Cha Cha Real Rough]

As someone who loves the IS-3, never had this issue, nor with the IS-2, or the IS-4M,

[CoKane Dealer]

Going to say troll thread.