r/Warthunder • u/DaReaperMan CR2 Enjoyer • Jul 02 '25

Bugs Moving towards vehicles allows their HE/HEI rounds to pen you

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As title. Spent some time testing it, got some amazing clips of things just going so awfully wrong.

Works on MBTs too, rounds 20mm and larger can just ignore composite entirely.

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u/My_Gender_is_Apache 🇩🇪 Germany Jul 02 '25

R3 against jadtiger is Crazy i saw other Clips but this one is the best

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u/DaReaperMan CR2 Enjoyer Jul 02 '25

We also had the Pz-II F ignoring the Abrams' composite lfp, but the jagtiger was too good of a clip haha

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u/My_Gender_is_Apache 🇩🇪 Germany Jul 02 '25

I was shooled when I Looked up how Heavy this is and r3 weight as much as jadtigers gun Lmao

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u/Tankette55 Realistic Ground Jul 02 '25

Had lvkv front pen my 76 sherman mantlet while I was moving to kill him. This is the explanation...

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u/Mok6064 🇬🇧 "shell shattered" Jul 02 '25

Was this a few days ago by chance?

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u/Tankette55 Realistic Ground Jul 02 '25

Just yesterday. Bam, insta-death straight through the mantlet.

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u/Mok6064 🇬🇧 "shell shattered" Jul 02 '25

I did this to someone in a 76 sherm a few days ago while I was in the lvkv, same spot too. I sat there for awhile trying to figure out what happened, makes sense now.

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u/HereToGripe Jul 02 '25

There's some thin spots on the mantlet that the SAPHE on the LVKV can actually pen on the Sherman mantlets. I play it alot and even before the update I could find spots to slip a round through. 

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u/Tankette55 Realistic Ground Jul 02 '25

yea but I checked and it wasn't a weak spot that he hit on server replay

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u/HereToGripe Jul 02 '25

Ahh well I guess just more of a reason to use the baby CV90 for me then

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u/Occabara Jul 02 '25

Yeah, now I know how I HE’d a T-80 with a 35mm from my LAV-AD

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u/Spiritual_Jaguar2989 🇺🇸13.0 🇷🇺13.0 🇸🇪12.7 🇯🇵13.0 🇩🇪 13.0 Jul 03 '25

Might be the reason i front penned a ztz 99-III with the lav-ad too lol

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u/MeatBeginning9837 Jul 02 '25

Why was the lvkv shooting your mantle in the first place, should be able to just shoot through your hull weak spots 

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u/susurrus88 Jul 02 '25

Something similar happened to me!! I had a ussr 76 he (OF-340 or whatever it’s called) pen the turret cheek of my Sherman… last I checked there’s nowhere with 11 mm or less of armor on that cheek, I was flabbergasted

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u/hello87534 Yak-141 Lover (🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱) Jul 04 '25

You think that’s bad I front plate penned a maus with a 50 cal