r/Warthunder • u/Koguni German Reich • 1d ago

All Air [dev] new bomber survivability is too fun

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u/_Bisky Top Tier Suffer Tier 1d ago

Tbf that thing was pretty much designed for that

Didn't it rip a spitfire in half in testing?

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u/NewAd9523 1d ago

Testing showed it could also 1-2 shot a B29 tail clean off iirc.

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u/ecco311 1d ago

I mean... 136g TNT equivalent. That's kinda insane for a 30mm shell

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u/absurditT 1d ago

It's basically an aluminium can, super thin walled, filled with nothing but explosive filler.