How do I know what ammo is the best?

[Cortez]

I have 3 types of ammo for my panzer but it seems like they have same penetration. They do have a lower chance to deflect (some of them) but besides that what's the upgrade?

[CptKerion]

sometimes it's more of a side-grade thing. Some are better dead on but worse at angles. Others may have more or less explosive filler. Some may not have as good of penetration at a given angle but will have wider ricochet angles. I've honestly been considering assembling a spreadsheet for quick comparison.

[Shadowm8g4]

Some shells are also better vs light tanks and open top tanks. For example, the HE shell's will rip crews apart in open top tanks, yet the basic AP shells will only kill 1 or 2 crew. Whereas against Heavy tanks, the two shells will interact completely differently, and you will get a reverse affect, as the HE shell's usually struggle to have enough pen.

up until around 7.0, most players will run with predominantly APCBC shells, as they tend to be the most effective shells for most situations, whilst having one or two HE and/or AP rounds also for the odd situtational encounters.

Later on, its usually just take the best Dart the tank has to offer.

[Raider]

Always run AP on germans with maybe a few HE shells for light vehicles

APCR has higher pen but no explosive filler, will require precise follow up shots to disable tanks

HEAT is ok on the early short barrel panzers but once you research the long barrel ones it becomes obsolete as the stock AP offers higher pen on top of not being wonky towards angled armor

[Cortez]

Originally posted by CptKerion:

sometimes it's more of a side-grade thing. Some are better dead on but worse at angles. Others may have more or less explosive filler. Some may not have as good of penetration at a given angle but will have wider ricochet angles. I've honestly been considering assembling a spreadsheet for quick comparison.

Go for it.

[Cortez]

Originally posted by Shadowm8g4:

Some shells are also better vs light tanks and open top tanks. For example, the HE shell's will rip crews apart in open top tanks, yet the basic AP shells will only kill 1 or 2 crew. Whereas against Heavy tanks, the two shells will interact completely differently, and you will get a reverse affect, as the HE shell's usually struggle to have enough pen.

up until around 7.0, most players will run with predominantly APCBC shells, as they tend to be the most effective shells for most situations, whilst having one or two HE and/or AP rounds also for the odd situtational encounters.

Later on, its usually just take the best Dart the tank has to offer.

You mention open top tanks, do you mean AA?

[Toblm]

Originally posted by Kuma:

Originally posted by Shadowm8g4:

Some shells are also better vs light tanks and open top tanks. For example, the HE shell's will rip crews apart in open top tanks, yet the basic AP shells will only kill 1 or 2 crew. Whereas against Heavy tanks, the two shells will interact completely differently, and you will get a reverse affect, as the HE shell's usually struggle to have enough pen.

up until around 7.0, most players will run with predominantly APCBC shells, as they tend to be the most effective shells for most situations, whilst having one or two HE and/or AP rounds also for the odd situtational encounters.

Later on, its usually just take the best Dart the tank has to offer.

You mention open top tanks, do you mean AA?

SPAA are usually open topped. As are many TDs and some light tanks.

[𝒞𝒶𝓈𝓊𝒶𝓁 Sinner]

Generally, the best shell overall is gonna be the one that has the most pen while still having explosive. So APCBC rounds and not APCR.

That is until you get to see stuff like HEATFS, APDS, or APFSDS, but that won't be for a while if you're low tier still.

I would almost never run HE unless it is a big, big cannon vehicle. Like the 15 Sig kinda big. It is a meme round for them, but for other tanks, it's not worth it. If you fight something light enough that you need HE, you can probably just MG them or use your main gun to hit their crew.

[Cortez]

Originally posted by Toblm:

Originally posted by Kuma:

You mention open top tanks, do you mean AA?

SPAA are usually open topped. As are many TDs and some light tanks.

spaa? TD?

[𝒞𝒶𝓈𝓊𝒶𝓁 Sinner]

Originally posted by Kuma:

spaa? TD?

SPAA = Self propelled anti-air. Basically, the "correct" (fancy) way of saying AA.
TD = Tank destroyer

[Toblm]

Originally posted by Kuma:

Originally posted by Toblm:

SPAA are usually open topped. As are many TDs and some light tanks.

spaa? TD?

I suppose most accurately when I said TDs I meant SPGs, self propelled guns, as not all the "TDs" in WT are actually TDs some are infantry support guns or other forms of self propelled death bringers.

SPAA can be an important distinction because WT has AI controlled static AA which come up for discussion regularly.

[mogami_99]

If pen is the same go for the one with the most explosive

[Cortez]

Originally posted by mogami_99:

If pen is the same go for the one with the most explosive

thx MVP

[Akagi]

Originally posted by Kuma:

Originally posted by Toblm:

SPAA are usually open topped. As are many TDs and some light tanks.

spaa? TD?

SPAA are anti air tanks/vehicles like your Flakpanzer I. In the tech tree SPAAs have a purple icon.

SPGS or tank destroyers are like your Stug III A. They have usually no turret but quite a strong gun with either no armor at all or with a very tough front plate. They have the green icon.

[Cortez]

Originally posted by Akagi:

Originally posted by Kuma:

spaa? TD?

SPAA are anti air tanks/vehicles like your Flakpanzer I. In the tech tree SPAAs have a purple icon.

SPGS or tank destroyers are like your Stug III A. They have usually no turret but quite a strong gun with either no armor at all or with a very tough front plate. They have the green icon.

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