black knight aps can stop top tier sabot rounds ?

[Budekman]

nuff saids, i've shot multiple time with top tier sabots , it's keep stopping it from front, it's bug or features ?

[-NODER-_Novastorm_]

No, aps systems is meant more for incoming heat rounds or other kind of shells with lower velocity/s.

[-NODER-_Novastorm_]

I never have trouble in kill blacknights and i only use apfsds at toptiers, at any angle i kill them fast.

[Kay]

It's a feature of the specific APS it uses, iron fist is capable of intercepting and destabilising/destroying APFSDS penetrators thanks to a very short reaction time and using HE charges instead of the more common pellets.

Thanks to both launchers having over 180 degree arcs, both can cover the front, giving it a total of 4 shots of protection against incoming projectiles before it needs to reload, assuming sufficient distance for the system to react to the projectiles.

[Budekman]

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[Wandering Flare]

That would be the first time I hear about it doing that, normally the APS only catches HEATFS and guided missiles.

[Pec]

The black knight has the iron fist aps which as far as im aware is one of the very few active protection system that is designed to destroy both missiles and apfsds rounds though it can only do so at long range. Its effectively a grenade launched at the projectile to get it to shatter or knock its flight path so the tip of the dart hits at a bad angle and cant dig in

People don't realise it can because It almost never actually works in game by my estimate playing it i would say it works at that range maybe 25% of the time you were very unlucky.

[Budekman]

you guys already check it ? like i shot it 3 times and stopped by APS like wuuuut, first time my rounds feel useless infront of tank that so open

[Northy]

Yes if its a far enough range the APS on it can intercept Sabot. It can even intercept some slower ones at closer range.

[karabaş 🐕‍🦺]

when APFSDS slows down enough at far ranges its APS can stop your shot, most of the time it barely stops it, sideshots can still penetrate but deal less damage