stic.man Posted September 2, 2002 Share Posted September 2, 2002 Please...tell me what this is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryphon Posted September 2, 2002 Share Posted September 2, 2002 It is.. very dangerous heh Cannister ammo, pray that none of your squads ever gets caught in the line of fire of that round, i lost whole squads/teams, multiple squads, standing in a line next to eachother. I was not very pleased.. But anyway, basically it's a shotgun shell for a tank, with lots of little pellets that rip soldiers apart.. Wouldn't want to see the effect in real life.. Regards, Gryphon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kestrl Posted September 2, 2002 Share Posted September 2, 2002 Look under new features in the CMBB area and they have a list of new ammo codes changes HE - High Explosive AP - Armor Piercing HC - Hollow Charge (HEAT) T - Tungsten C - Canister (anti-personnel) S - Smoke F - Flame What you saw was the T34 firing a canister round against infantry. [ September 01, 2002, 09:32 PM: Message edited by: Kestrl ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Panzer Boxb Posted September 2, 2002 Share Posted September 2, 2002 From the picture it looks more like the T-34 is firing the canister in hopes of hitting that elusive German stealth fighter-bomber that is unlocked in the demo by typing in...oh...wait...nevermind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilgore Posted September 2, 2002 Share Posted September 2, 2002 New Soviet secret weapon? First there were the mine dogs, then came the killer bees........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWB Posted September 2, 2002 Share Posted September 2, 2002 Its not a soviet-only weapon. Well, it is for the demo, but that is because you dont have any 75l24-equipped germans. You should see what one does to a human wave. WWB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaylord Focker Posted September 2, 2002 Share Posted September 2, 2002 I can't beleive they modded that! Woohoo!! Did the U.K and the U.S use the cannister round as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YankeeDog Posted September 2, 2002 Share Posted September 2, 2002 Originally posted by Gaylord Focker: I can't beleive they modded that! Woohoo!! Did the U.K and the U.S use the cannister round as well?I know of at least one: The US 37mm ATG had a canister round. Not modeled in CMBO. It was certainly used in the ETO, but the extent to which it was used in Europe is subject to debate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busboy Posted September 2, 2002 Share Posted September 2, 2002 I believe the 75mm gun on the Sherman had a cannister round that never saw much service. As for the cannister round for the 37mm on the Stuart, it can be described as ineffective, and not widely used. The explosive power of the HE round of the 37mm was described by a Stuart gunner of being no better than a standard hand grenade, and with none of the shrapnel effects. He then went on to describe how his tank found a few soldats hunkered down behind a hedge row after being flanked by this Stuart. The gunner stated he fired 3 rounds of cannister at these men (3, grouped closely if I recall) from "close range." (its been too long to give a number) Short story shorter, the Germans surrendered from being scared by the bombardment, but did not recieve a scratch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GriffinCheng+ Posted September 2, 2002 Share Posted September 2, 2002 There had been much discussions about canister rounds in CMBO around the time of Gold Demo, iirc. And well, I think VT rounds were more effective in the Western Front but I am afraid it is not in CMBO either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuma of Finland Posted September 2, 2002 Share Posted September 2, 2002 Originally posted by Kilgore: First there were the mine dogs, then came the killer bees........ I just wonder if you're referring to my secret Allied weapon of war, the infamous slide-mine laying scout puppy Leffe? (Seen in tournament For King and Country aka. Two steps of death.) Only 12 weeks old and just gaining more and more experience, so beware! Yes, this was off-topic, I'll go and whip myself - but not until I've read the whole forum through /kuma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John D Salt Posted September 2, 2002 Share Posted September 2, 2002 Originally posted by Kestrl: Look under new features in the CMBB area and they have a list of new ammo codes changes HE - High Explosive AP - Armor Piercing HC - Hollow Charge (HEAT) T - Tungsten C - Canister (anti-personnel) S - Smoke F - Flame What you saw was the T34 firing a canister round against infantry.I'd be very interested to know what evidence there is for Soviet use of canister in WW2. I do not recall ever hearing of such a thing, and it doesn't get a mention in the places I'd expect to see it (TM-30-430, Zaloga & Grandsen's "Soviet tanks and fighting vehicles", Zaloga & Ness' "Red Army Handbook", usque ad nauseam). They did, on the other hand, keep shrapnel in service long after it had become unfashionable with other countries, and that's what I assumed the new mystery nature to be when I first saw it. So, is this "canister" really shrapnel? All the best, John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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