Bluewater Ammo Types

[Johnsen]

Quick Question! ( Yes ive seen on YT )

but using the Murmansk ship from this BP.
What ammo do you use? i see the SAP everyone mentions is WAAAAY less mass so i guess thats out (according to these YT videos)


AND do u use the 76.2mm on any ships? or do you hold them for "close encounters" with smaller coastal ships?

i am asking becuase i see the 76.2 has the AP shells which i dont use.. but u meet destroyers etc in this rank

[Northy]

The 76.2 are meant for AA mainly. You're main shell for the main guns should either be SAP or if it has APHEBC

[Canadian Guitar]

Since it's newer than there's less info on it, try looking up gameplay tips on the USS Detroit

[HandsomeJack762]

I like things that cause things to catch fire, explosive, since most people like to punch holes for you. I'm reinstalling the game to check it out,

[Johnsen]

Originally posted by Northy:

The 76.2 are meant for AA mainly. You're main shell for the main guns should either be SAP or if it has APHEBC

so if HE has 6kg and SAP only has 900gr i still should use SAP? APHEBC is only on the 76.2

which again.. is mainly AA?

[Blamite Delight]

if you've ever used the Omaha class then you would know the ammo types. Since i've spaded both Raleigh and Omaha i'll give you the ammo types rundown; but first, make sure to enable "main and auxiliary calibre shooting with one button" This way you'll have more rounds going downrange
As for the ammo: Both HE and SAP with SAP being the primary round you bring into battle for the main armament, for the secondaries bring AP as the primary with HE as secondary.

[Tankoslav Tepyatdesyatpyatovich]

Originally posted by Johnsen:

Originally posted by Northy:

The 76.2 are meant for AA mainly. You're main shell for the main guns should either be SAP or if it has APHEBC

so if HE has 6kg and SAP only has 900gr i still should use SAP? APHEBC is only on the 76.2

which again.. is mainly AA?

SAP is similar to APHE in many ways. While APHE has better penetration, but lower explosive filler for the same caliber/gun (for example, check German cruisers with 150mm guns, they have both shell types), it can act as a solid AP shot and just come through an obstacle if that is not thick enough to trigger the explosion. SAP, on the other hand, always has its filler detonate when penetrating the thinnest armor (and also causes hullbreak to boat if the caliber is 5+ inches), in other words, those 900 gr will explode inside an enemy ship, while HE's 6 kg detonate as soon as the shell land on the outside; 5-6 inch HEs might be effective against reserve destroyers which lack armour of any sort, with the shockwave reaching crew compartments and engine rooms, killing lots of crew and setting fires, but against rank II-III destroyers and most cruisers, they quickly become much less effective compared to SAP.
You'll only want to use APHE for your heavy cruiser's main artillery (190mm+) when you face most armoured cruisers and battleships which SAP shells just will not penetrate and deal any damage to them, just like you prefer APCR over APHE for your Pz III when facing KV-1 - you get less post-pen damage, but it's better than no damage to enemy's internals at all.

I also think 76.2 is mainly AA, and is better be loaded with HE-VT against both planes and boats. If an enemy destroyer comes close enough for such small APHE to be effective against it (you somehow need to shoot precisely to deal significant damage to it with such guns, and make it worthy wasting time on manning those guns instead of caring about main caliber and control over the ship's movement), it's already bad news for you - there's less and less chance every second to avoid being hit by torpedoes the said destroyer has likely released at you. Better not let them come close to you in the first place, you have great SAP to explode their ammo racks from even 7+ km distance after all.

[SpiralRazor]

Originally posted by Johnsen:

Originally posted by Northy:

The 76.2 are meant for AA mainly. You're main shell for the main guns should either be SAP or if it has APHEBC

so if HE has 6kg and SAP only has 900gr i still should use SAP? APHEBC is only on the 76.2

which again.. is mainly AA?

HE is only useful up to a certain BR unless its very lower pen actually DOES penetrate the target. SAP is a compromise between pen damage and versatility....it will generally pen anything up to a CL and maybe some CAs. For the peskiest of ships though, you will need a fully armor penetrating round of some sort.

I dont think you will hit any air targets with 76mm unless you have a lock on type radar.