whats the best frag cone angle for aps and missiles?

[hajnris]

i ussually use 15% or 10% but i dont know whats the best option i would appreciate some advice

[FourGreenFields]

There is no best angle.
Low angles are better at piercing armour in one hit, high angles deal more damage (especially when exploding somewhere inside).

[CHOO CHOO]

Note that for time-fuzed shells, a full 180° cone (so a full sphere, in effect) is best because that means that you'll get at least some fragments to hit no matter which side you miss on.

Note also that angles lower than 20° make little sense for impact shells, since you'll only hit a single block anyways.

[⎠⎞BunneHikari⎠⎞]

If you have multiple frag warheads you can also mix it up, there are 'drill' setups that can be done which gives you a bit of everything, such as
120/150/180 for a triple warhead.or 60/90/120/150/180 for five. Pretty sure it can be varied a lot and you can still get some good effective use out of it.

[R1tzo]

Originally posted by The Official cactus:

i ussually use 15% or 10% but i dont know whats the best option i would appreciate some advice

It depends on the weapon itself. I mean, if you use 20-segment large missile, then angle does not matter so much as said fragments will remove anything in their path (although you would want to set it around 120 deg. so more fragments will hit the target).
Medium missiles can use 30 degree spread as they are less powerful (with guidance assistance this makes them good at AA duty).
For an aps You can consider frag shells as a substitute to the HEAT warheads as they act in somewhat similar manner. However (again) with proper fuses assist you can make a good AP-frag shell to reach internals.

TL;DR: High spread angle for coverage area, low spread for concentrated damage.

[3 Crab Fish Sauce]

Why not try squash head for APS?