Its a war thunder reference@@GoldenCat277 these are anoyying things it says ehen you dont accually damage a target. You may also see, "Yes a Hit!" Another war thunder thing
Well, i dont know much about Japanese ammo, however with German Caps, they were heat treated in a way that the Tip of the cap is as hard as the tip of the Ap round and then gradually getting softer in the direction of the actual projectile Tip. So this result isnt that surprising, with enove force the Cap alone will propably penetrate different plates (i mean the caps of different german rounds, 5 to 12,8 cm.)
It's common in these simulation channels to see shell vs armour matchups that are 'close', either the shell is only barely able to penetrate the target (and doesn't survive the process), or the shell is stopped dead by the armour (thus failing to work properly). While a Yamato firing at a Maus is an amusing hypothetical, this sim's actually giving us something you don't normally see here... An armour piercing shell working 100% as intended.
Just a little fun fact. Yamato's shells had a penetration varying from 19" to 23" at around 20 kilometers (+/- 480mm to 580mm), and were designed for underwater performance. A little overkill? Yeah, althought it would be interesting to see if such guns had discard sabot rounds. (Even thought they're not meant for naval warfare)
Remember the pointy part of the bullet is just an aerodynamic casing, designed for…. Aerodynamics… while flying. Battleship shells look pretty much like pistol bullets, and the aero shell collapses on impact
The reason why the top part disconnected is beacause the AP shell is designed to have a Aerodynamic cone that can deattach underwater and hit the torpedo bulge
Battleship shells can (could?) usually penetrate 1" of armor for every 1" of diameter of the shell. An 18" shell could easily penetrate 8" of armor. The only reason the pointy front part fragmented in the simulation is that it is only for aerodynamic purposes. 8" of armor has no chance against an 18" shell.
@@david7384Yes, really. In fact the USS Washington with her 16"/45cal guns engaged one of the Japanese "battleships" Kirishima. Despite being a former bsttlcruiser, it had an 8" armor belt. The USS Washington cut right through her as if her armor didn't even exist.
Would be interesting to see how this sorta thing would look with the 406mm from HMS Rodney and the armour of a Panzer IV since she deleted one at Normandy
Any chance to simulate Exocet missile against Vanguard? Missile is obviously not going to penetrate anything, however I'm wondering how deformed it'll be by the moment of fuze detonation.
This is a scenario that I have often wondered about: what if the french ships at Toulon had opened fire at the german armour that was moving in? So let's say Pz IV Ausf H vs 130mm/45 Mle 1932/35 or 330mm/50 Mle 1931
LOL if you use Workd of warships logic, the Maus just has to angle a little and it can straght bounce the shell. Fkin 25mm plates can stop 406mm shells with proper angle
Being both a tank and naval nerd, I regularly catch myself wondering how the hell tanks are supposed to get anything done with a sad, lonely turret with an even more lonely gun who often doesn't even reach the triple digit caliber.
Can you do the same simulation but with the Maus engine block behind it? I want to see if the engine block can stop the shell from reaching the turret crew.
I actually did run the numbers: Maus's frontal armour is more or less as thick as the armour of the "average" inter-war treaty compliant heavy crusier. Which is a class of vessel the Yamato should have absolutely no problem killing.
I wonder if the round would be slowed enough for the fuze to activate inside the tank, or if whoever is behind it will be very unhappy when it detonates?
I still just find it insane that someone thought it was a good idea to take a solid steel shell from a tank, hollow it out and fill it with TNT and other explosives
Now one question, would this armor thickness be enough to actually arm the 460mm shell's fuse? Because if this results in a non-exploding overpen that'd be pretty lame.
Literally only clicked this vid to ask why anyone woyld need to ask the question. A single 18.1" shell *missing* the target could kill 3 or 4 Maus just by exploding near them. Dramatically smaller and lighter British shells were sending tanks flying through the air when the Germans tried an armoured attack on the beaches during Overlord.
That top plate angle - no way it's 35 degrees from vertical as it's clearly more angled than lower front plate. It may be 35 degrees from horizontal, or even 40. But not 55.
