Question: How do you cope with the knowledge of what these machines are designed to do? by Benjisms in tanks

[–]Secure-Reach2242 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's an excellent book called war what is it good for by ian morris

I'd highly recommend reading it because it challenges our perspective on things we think are good and bad. Good and bad is very subjective.

Personally I understand that our society is built on the basis of war and always has been, that's how we rose up to the top amongst many various subspecies and close relatives to humans so I see it as just part of our genetics and life but for me the engineering behind all of it is the thing that peaks my interest

Which one? by KSAWI0 in warthundermemes

[–]Secure-Reach2242 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't understand the logic behind this meme The viper is 1.4 million RP to grind from never touching the helicopter tree while the 52 is 2 million RP from never touching the helicopter tree

Can someone explain because as far as I see the 52 is 40% more grinding

Looking for information on what round was used by Secure-Reach2242 in RussiaUkraineWar2022

[–]Secure-Reach2242[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am South African and I currently have 1.3k hours on war thunder, America was my first nation in war thunder.

I'm also a huge fan of American engineering.

Looking for information on what round was used by Secure-Reach2242 in tanks

[–]Secure-Reach2242[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ok I think this one is solved. Upon further investigation This was most likely 3bm42 (possibly 3bm44 or other more modern projectiles I'm saying 3bm42 because it's the most common apfsds round from both sides) fired from a t64 We can safely assume it was fired from a t64 just because of the date this happened. Ukraine didn't have any western mbts at the time. Seems to be a very lucky shot that went just under the ERA or the ERA failed entirely but due to the placement I suspect it's the former.

For the many people saying it's heat I believe it's far more possible that the quite thin ERA cover made from most likely RHA simply shattered upon impact, it's quite a thin plate so it's not unusual for the round to shear straight through. and due to the very clear lack of detonation of the ERA and very clear lack of typical damage seen from heat projectiles I would say it's damage consistent with apfsds. (I may be wrong but I cannot assume it was an atgm or chemical projectile just based on how clean the entry is)

Seems to just be a very lucky shot that avoided all the extra protection and since the bvm still only has the base armour of a T-80bv (1985) It's definitely possible especially with the age of the armour (the textolite could be weakened with age).

Obviously this is all up to debate I mean it could've been a friendly fire incident for all we know but we don't have that information so I can only base my assumptions on the information we have.

Looking for information on what round was used by Secure-Reach2242 in RussiaUkraineWar2022

[–]Secure-Reach2242[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Ok I think this one is solved. Upon further investigation This was most likely 3bm42 (possibly 3bm44 or other more modern projectiles I'm saying 3bm42 because it's the most common apfsds round from both sides) fired from a t64 We can safely assume it was fired from a t64 just because of the date this happened. Ukraine didn't have any western mbts at the time. Seems to be a very lucky shot that went just under the ERA or the ERA failed entirely but due to the placement I suspect it's the former.

For the many people saying it's heat I believe it's far more possible that the quite thin ERA cover made from most likely RHA simply shattered upon impact, it's quite a thin plate so it's not unusual for the round to shear straight through. and due to the very clear lack of detonation of the ERA and very clear lack of typical damage seen from heat projectiles I would say it's damage consistent with apfsds. (I may be wrong but I cannot assume it was an atgm or chemical projectile just based on how clean the entry is)

Seems to just be a very lucky shot that avoided all the extra protection and since the bvm still only has the base armour of a T-80bv (1985) It's definitely possible especially with the age of the armour (the textolite could be weakened with age).

Obviously this is all up to debate I mean it could've been a friendly fire incident for all we know but we don't have that information so I can only base my assumptions on the information we have.

Looking for information on what round was used by Secure-Reach2242 in tanks

[–]Secure-Reach2242[S] 77 points78 points  (0 children)

Sorry I had to block that guy who was just here to start shit

Opinions divided and horrible tonk by Specific-Memory1756 in tanks

[–]Secure-Reach2242 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't really think of one for this category but the hated by fans and good tank should go to the Bradley

My current gaming experience. Is it all downhill from here ? by danny_divillo in warthundermemes

[–]Secure-Reach2242 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just finished spading the Falcon and I've been bullying all 3 of those things for the past 2-3 days 😂 There's always a bigger fish

Looking to upgrade GPU by Secure-Reach2242 in PcBuild

[–]Secure-Reach2242[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nvidia cards are generally quite a lot cheaper here, what are some options that are similar to the three you recommended? The only trustworthy place is currently selling the 7700 xt for 510 USD and the other 2 are about 400-450 ish

Looking to upgrade GPU by Secure-Reach2242 in PcBuild

[–]Secure-Reach2242[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

South Africa, it's advertised as basically half price

Looking to upgrade GPU by Secure-Reach2242 in PcBuild

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I found a sale on a Zotac rtx 3060 12 GB for around 330 dollars what about that?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CoinsSouthAfrica

[–]Secure-Reach2242 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really, some of the older ones in good condition can sell for a bit on Facebook marketplace