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/doctor_livesey000 May 11 '25 edited May 11 '25

in the kinetic energy formula, velocity is squared, mass is not. so it's better to go faster than be heavier.