it is IAI (immediate action incendiary) worth it?

[zangadong]

hi, i would like to know if this ammo is good for the small cannons vs air.

it is effective, or is armor piercing incendiary better?

thank you

[RBMK_Reactor]

honestly i just use stealth and air targets,

armor piercing (AP) will simply poke a hole in someone, its just hurling a shunk of lead. It has high penetration, but that may mean you simply poke a hole in their wing... AP is useful if you pilot-snipe allot.

IAI is one of the rounds that make a small puff when you hit someone. Its purpose is the penetrate slightly, and ignite. This makes it extremely deadly if you hit a fuel tank, as it may cause it to ignite.

essentially, AP is just a high-pen bullet
IAI is a fire starter bullet, with lower pen

Honestly i prefer IAI over AP but its your call, against Air v Air, i would say IAI

[Coelian]

small cannons?
15mm?
In that case, yes.

[zangadong]

Originally posted by adamroccs227:

honestly i just use stealth and air targets,

armor piercing (AP) will simply poke a hole in someone, its just hurling a shunk of lead. It has high penetration, but that may mean you simply poke a hole in their wing... AP is useful if you pilot-snipe allot.

IAI is one of the rounds that make a small puff when you hit someone. Its purpose is the penetrate slightly, and ignite. This makes it extremely deadly if you hit a fuel tank, as it may cause it to ignite.

essentially, AP is just a high-pen bullet
IAI is a fire starter bullet, with lower pen

Honestly i prefer IAI over AP but its your call, against Air v Air, i would say IAI

man, i am talking about armor piercing incendiary, no just armor piercing.

[Vetuste]

api is better!!11!!

[Chaoslink]

As long as it doesn't have tracers, I could care less. Tracers just tell your enemy you're shooting at him.

[Meowscarada]

Originally posted by Chaoslink:

As long as it doesn't have tracers, I could care less. Tracers just tell your enemy you're shooting at him.

Unless you're playing as america in which case the later planes with tracer belts are amazing.

[Kay]

Incendiary(I) will set engines and fuel tanks on fire, if hit often enough and if the armor screen many planes have is penetrated. They often have tracer chemicals (IT) in the base of the round which also has incendiary properties.

Adjustment incendiary(AI) shells feature a capped nose which upon impact will deform (like dough) and allow the rest of the bullet more contact area. Due to the effect of normalization now angling the shell more efficiently, better armor penetration results. This is especially noticeable on sleek tapered sections, such as the tail and wing surfaces from 6 o'clock (behind). Smaller calibers will bounce off even 1 mm thick duralumin. The "Adjustment incendiary" suffers less from this problem, otherwise it works just like a normal incendiary round. Note: Only incendiary shells use this as they rely on penetrating the target to do their work. HE, FI and other explosive shell types have contact fuses and will just explode upon contact, circumventing the need to penetrate.

Immediate-action incendiary(IAI) is not really an incendiary shell. It's a small caliber HE-I round which explodes on impact. This can be seen with the MG131's stealth belt.

There you go, from the WT wiki, so AI shells are just higher pen I shells, while IAI shells are small HE-I shells