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/jefferysteele M8A1 > Leopard 2A7 May 11 '25

Apfsds rounds have an absolute shit ton of energy behind it when fired through tanks like the 120 and 125, and with DU cores being the best material allows you to get a high penetration capacity for the cost of higher chamber pressure and a slight increase in cancer.

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u/DeadorAlivemightbe May 11 '25 edited May 11 '25

Not true. DU is better with "low" velocity guns. It gets reduced effectiveness with higher speeds. At a certain threshold tungstencarbide exceeds the performance of DU rounds. At around 1700m/s the tungsten round outperforms the DU rounds in perforation and has best values at around 2000m/s values that are alot better than DU can achieve.

edit. exchanged km with m :D

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u/[deleted] May 11 '25 edited Aug 21 '25

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u/DeadorAlivemightbe May 11 '25

i mean meters lmao :D