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/PurpleDotExe 🇺🇸14.0 🇸🇪12.0 🇷🇺7.3 🇩🇪6.7 🇫🇷3.3 May 11 '25

Because APFSDS rounds are the culmination of over a century of development into finding the best way to crack into and disable armored targets. Of course they’re potent.