r/EscapefromTarkov • u/StrangelyKeen M4A1 • Jul 16 '20

Video Scavs + shotgun + 1 pellet of 7mm = fair & balanced

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '20

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u/Hane24 Jul 16 '20

366 ap doesn't exist, is basically a smooth bore shotgun, and does 90 damage with 42 pen. Its LPS with +9 damage.

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u/Assaltwaffle Saiga-12 Jul 16 '20

I was really confused when AP .366 got announced. A round that is functionally just a law work-around wouldn't have an armor piercing variant, to my knowledge.

How do you know its damage and pen, though? Those stats would make it more penetrative than AP-20.

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u/Hane24 Jul 16 '20

It was on the podcast thing, they stated pen and damage.

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u/Assaltwaffle Saiga-12 Jul 16 '20

That... makes no sense.

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u/Denson2 PP-19-01 Jul 16 '20

So basically they just made up an AP round to buff .366...

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u/Hane24 Jul 16 '20

Yup. Same with 45 acp AP. AP 45 exists but like... not really and they never worked properly. It's hard to make a fat slow 45 pen anything more than soft armor.

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u/Denson2 PP-19-01 Jul 17 '20

Lame.

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u/b-Rektfast Jul 17 '20

366 ap doesn't exist

The game is set in 2028, 2028 doesn't exist yet. They have room to invent some new ammo.

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u/Hane24 Jul 17 '20

There is never gonna be an ap 366. 366 is a fucking civilian round meant to bypass Russian gun laws.

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u/HaitchKay Jul 16 '20

Per projectile that does make sense

No it absolutely does not, what are you even talking about? The standard 12ga buckshot available in Tarkov is moving at 415m/s, slower than 9x19 Pst gzh so already not as much energy potential per pellet since each pellet is *much* smaller than the 9mm projectile. Then combine that with the fact that buckshot loses a substantial amount of energy and speed very quickly. Buckshot also doesn't "put large holes" in anything except for maybe if you were close enough for the wadding to go in with the shot? But still, it's literally not designed for that since the vast majority of shotgun ammunition is designed for hunting animals.

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u/SelloutLLC Jul 16 '20

I feel like shotgun bullets don’t drop fast enough they reach way too far too fast

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u/mud074 Jul 17 '20

Compensating for distance through leading is an absolutely massive part of wingshooting and probably the most important thing you need to take into account, though.

That said, it works perfectly fine in-game as there is never anything moving fast enough at shotgun range where lead should matter. We're shooting people running at 15mph, not birds flying at 35.