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Wolfgang_Otto

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  1. Also, while we're on the subject, the effects of the various ground conditions on shrapnel dispersion remains murky- at least in this player's mind.
    No crap. I'll be firing at an infantry squad in a foxhole, a shell will land right on the rim and not one man will be harmed.

    In reality wind DID and DOES affect shells but only at fairly long ranges. I can remember reading somewhere about how sometimes inexperienced batteries would open up on the exact coodinates given but wouldn't factor in the wind and the shells strayed a quite a bit.

  2. Almost all German AP shells of WWII(disregarding HEAT in this sense) were fitted with an explosive charge of various proportions. Today I recieved CMBB as a Christmas gift(woohoo!) and its great. In the few skirmishes I fought today I noticed that only the Russian AP shells/shot are listed in the info window as having HE content. For example I select a T-34 and tap the "enter" key and it reads something like "76.2 mm AP round(large explosive charge)." Same thing with a 76.2 mm field artillery piece a little later, Russian. However, I find no mention of such explosive charges in the info window of German shell/shot even though the Germans chiefly used HE content in their AP shells. Whats the deal?

  3. Thanks a bunch guys.

    So let me get this straight...

    British only like solid shot.

    Americans used both.

    Germans used both.

    Russians used both.

    How common were they to the individual nations?

    And what about HEAT rounds? They are only good aganist soft armor correct? Half-tracks and the like.

    [ December 21, 2002, 10:48 PM: Message edited by: Wolfgang_Otto ]

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