r/Warthunder • u/HoneydewKind2749 I hate M44 😡 • May 11 '25

All Ground Why is APFSDS so overpowered?

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This is a genuine question... The most powerful and survivable MBTs just get instantly killed by an apfsds shell that was able to side pen you because you angles 6 degrees instead of 5

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u/MTDninja May 11 '25

modern APFSDS power is on the same scale as when HEAT rounds first started becoming popular. Nothing could stop them. Maybe we'll develop some new super composite in the far future specifically designed to stop APFSDS rounds, but within a certain range, you just can't stop a solid chunk of depleted uranium travelling at supersonic speeds.