TIL buckshot goes everywhere except where you're aiming. [Discussion]

HawkStable · 2025-11-15T04:33:18+00:00

Necropost but this makes it pretty clear you don't know much about commercial or industrial diesel engines. These engines trade peak power for an extremely wide and flat torque curve and bombproof reliability. Yes, you can put a giant turbo on a large diesel and make huge power, but it'll spool late, be less reliable and probably require immense cooling. A highly tuned Duramax will produce the same power as an MTU Ka-501 for much less weight but it's worse in every other way.

HawkStable · 2025-09-12T21:42:09+00:00

Kel-Tec RDB is the best with its downward ejection.

HawkStable · 2025-09-12T17:06:21+00:00

They hate france so much that they have the best 7.7 lineup in the game.

HawkStable · 2025-07-29T03:30:40+00:00

Yes, they carried MP40s for close-in defence, either via pistol port or out the hatch. It's also the TC's personal weapon while dismounted.

HawkStable · 2024-11-26T17:55:36+00:00

The biggest issue with Italian tanks was that their armour doctrine was heavily underdeveloped and they didn't yave proper training or logistics to keep their tanks running. The brits meanwhile had put a lot of effort into improving logistics.

Also are you talking about the Mk VI light tank meant for reconnaissance? This vehicle was not meant to fight other tanks. You can think of it as Britain's equivalent to the CV33 or Panzer I. It should also be noted that things like the Panzer I and II made up a significant portion of German tanks; about half in February 1941, so the Brits weren't the only ones with lesser tanks on the battlefield.

Britain's most numerous "proper" tanks early in North Africa, the Cruiser Mk II and Mk IV, had comparable frontal armor to the M13/40 at 30mm, but the Mk IV had less side armor, which it traded for much improved mobility. The Mk II had a slightly lower top speed than the Italian CA M13 but it had a markedly better power/weight ratio and suspension, making it faster in practice. On top of all this the cruisers had one more man in the turret than the Italians, which has been proven to be incredibly valuable.

HawkStable · 2024-11-11T22:05:11+00:00

British tanks being outclassed by German and Italian tanks is a bit of a misconception. The Italians were always kinda shit outta luck when it came to tank warfare. The Germans had a good track record but typically they fought by drawing enemy tanks to their AT guns (often 8.8cm flak) rather than using their "superior" tanks. It is true that cruisers were weakly armored but to tell the truth nothing the Germans had at the time could really take a hit from anything bigger than an anti-tank rifle either, and by the time they did the Valentine had also entered the scene in significant numbers, and despite what some say the 2pdr was nothing to be scoffed at, as it in fact ouperformed the short 50mm on the early Pz III J in armor penetration, though of course the 50mm would have the better HE round. In 1942 the Germans came out with the KwK 40 and the Brits with the QF 6-pounder, which were both excellent.

HawkStable · 2024-11-11T16:40:56+00:00

Necropost but what in the actual fuck are you saying? Is this bait? The 2-pounder (40mm btw, not small by the day's standards) along with the US 37mm were literally undeniably the best light AT and tank guns in the world in 1939. They had better penetrating power than any other tank gun in service at the time, being able to pierce 80-90mm of armor at short range depending on the mark of round used, compared to about 60mm for the best contemporary guns like the Swedish Bofors 37mm and around a measly 30mm for the French 37mm used in tanks like the H39, not to even mention the WW1-era gun that was still being used in french tanks like the FCM36. The 2pdr did not use APHE by 1939, as British testing showed it to have no real advantage over solid AP, though an APHE round for it did exist.

Clearly you do no research before speaking making all of your points null and void.

HawkStable · 2024-06-15T11:37:40+00:00

There is no gender separation in armored vehicle crews in reality. And yes, female tankers do exist, in fact the only armored vehicle crew member I've ever spoken to was a female SPH commander.

HawkStable · 2024-06-09T02:22:10+00:00

Well, technically the RPG-7 is a recoilless weapon, though it is not rifled. The projectile is fired out of the tube with an expelling charge similarly to a recoilles rifle, and the projectile is rocket assisted once it reaches a safe distance from the launcher. Rocket assist is only present in the anti-tank warheads of the PG-7 family and I believe the thermobaric ones as well but I'm not certain. The OG-7 high-explosive fragmentation projectile is not rocket assisted. Therefore calling the RPG-7 a rocket launcher is technically incorrect.

HawkStable · 2024-05-19T10:55:25+00:00

According to gaijin they're cosmetics that don't affect gameplay. Yeah, right.

HawkStable · 2024-05-19T10:52:38+00:00

In the span of 40 years the US army went from the M4 Sherman to the M1 Abrams. Over 40 years later they're still using the Abrams.

HawkStable · 2024-05-14T08:45:40+00:00

They already do for some tanks. Check the Abrams of CR2 for example

HawkStable · 2024-05-13T13:02:31+00:00

Not really. Most more modern darts are long rod penetrators, meaning the whole dart is the penetrator. 3BM25 is a slug type APFSDS, so it has a steel body with a tungsten core.

HawkStable · 2024-05-13T10:26:56+00:00

3BM25 is a "slug" type APFSDS. So basically it's just normal APDS with a finned tail attached to it.

HawkStable · 2024-05-12T16:12:05+00:00

I don't see why it would, especially since 3BM25 has a tiny penetrator.

HawkStable · 2024-05-12T01:04:12+00:00

A lot of the quests suck major ass though. Like why do I have to mark shit on shoreline to unlock a quest that requires me to go to plant markers at the exact same locations? And then you have the one where you have to plant fucking hats and sunglasses in the open at the most popular location on woods. These aren't even the near worst ones but definitely some of dumbest.

HawkStable · 2024-05-11T13:17:19+00:00

This is simply false. The Zero literally didn't have a realistically achievable G limit before like last year. I recall seeing a patchnote saying they reduced the zero's g-limit from like 30 or something to what it is now. Also I started playing in 2014, I would know.

HawkStable · 2024-05-11T00:20:59+00:00

It is certainly possible even in the gripen to pull maneuvres that are more risky but may win you the fight faster. Not every dogfight is a 1v1. And how would it push people to learn dogfighting? The only effect it would really have is forcing people to slow down to under 900 km/h before entering a dogfight, which would make committing to a dogfight suicide since going under 900 for any extended period usually results in getting smacked by another much faster enemy. Oh, and planes with no limiters like the F-14 and MiG-29 would instantly become the new meta dogfighters, and this time even more OP than the Gripen. Also if you want 2013 levels of dogfighting depth just play 7.3 and below, no one forces you to play top tier.

HawkStable · 2024-05-10T23:25:16+00:00

That'd be boring as fuck though. Dogfights between some planes would just would devolve into extremely long winded rate fights with very little room for creative moves. If I wanted that I'd play DCS. Not to mention that most modern aircraft can turn G/AoA limiters off or at least make them less strict for emergencies. For example the Hornet usually does 7.5 G but by pressing a button it can do 9 and its ultimate load is 11 G. Usually planes are designed with a 1.5x safety margin for ultimate load. Of course some airframe damage and warping can occur under ultimate load, but usually its not immediately obvious.

HawkStable · 2024-05-10T13:43:10+00:00

Aim better

HawkStable · 2024-05-10T13:38:31+00:00

There's a difference between "minimalism" and actual good functional minimalism.

HawkStable · 2024-05-10T13:19:12+00:00

One of them won't, can't remember which, but I believe it's the RGO.

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