About Alecto poor HE

Alecto 95mm HE currently have same tnt equivalent as 75mm HE
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(HE shell for M8 scott and sherman)
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But it reload 2x slower than sherman, 3x slower than M8

This source clamed it have 1701g equivalent ,but it was not accepted in the existed WT issue report
11.3kg shell/666g tnt is the lowest explosive ratio in game, especially for a infantry support gun
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These dates are copied from war thunder,I don’t think they will be changed unless the war thunder developers realize this mistake and rework it

Another thing they just mindlessly port from WT without even doing most basic the research.

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Generally the weight of the shell determines the amount of fragments so I would not entirely write the shell off in their effectiveness, even though the HE filler might be bad, the sheer amount of fragments might make up for that.
If it cant then this tank really would struggle to have a reason to exist.

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well you need either first hand source(like government document) or some book quote with information. some random website is not accepted as good source.

if you want to give valid source i would recommend scouring the archive.org and its library for any information on 95mm gun and its shell. considering it is british, i doubt you will find any first hand info there, but you might find some book on artillery and shells.

This has sent me down an insane rabbit hole looking for answers, and somehow the most credible “source” so far is some guy with very good research refuting the concept of the HE shell even being issued for the QF95mm/3.7 inch tank mortar.

The shell itself used charged smoke, which is today known as White Phosphorus. Listed in the archives at Kew you have a list of ammunition. These rounds are simply called Smoke, Charged Smoke and High Explosive. Its important to note that official documents do actually call the shell “HE”.

This is where that British eccentricity rears up. The Smoke and Charged Smoke were pretty much identical. Both with the same sized bursting charge and carrying two pounds five ounces of white phosphorus. But what of the HE shell? No one has been able to find examples of a HE round being used from the gun. The simple answer is that the “HE” shell had a slightly larger bursting charge (One ounce twelve drams) for added morale effect on enemy troops. It also only carried one pound eleven ounces of WP.

However it is worth stating that same record also states there is an extreme lack of information on the subject. Best I have got so far is this.

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This list at least confirming the existence for HE, or you would think. The issue here being is that it also lists HEAT, a shell which while produced for the gun, was only produced in limited numbers implying that this is an exhaustive list instead. Hence meaning HE as well may be another shell type that was only produced in very low quantities. Not to mention the possibility that the “HE” shell listed here may yet be the shell type aforementioned containing a mix of HE and WP.

Not to mention the issue about all of the above is that British records have been inconsistent in referring to the QF95mm as both the QF95mm and a 3.7 inch Howitzer/Tank Mortar/etc. Even more confused by the various other 3.7 inch guns in service at the time, namely the AA and “Mountain Gun”.

TLDR here is, shits fucked mate.

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I should add on here, I think the HE shell charge should be increased regardless to boost its performance considering its paper thin armour, casemate and open top profile at BR2.

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As expected, lots of fragments but the explosion itself is just the size of a 75mm sherman HE.
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DEV’s doing research. :blush:
Research GIFs | Tenor

Everyone knows the Alecto was a vital weapon of the second world war and played a pivotal role. That is why it was chosen over all the other vehicles. :poop: Put there to provide you with the historic immersion that the game fraudulently advertises.

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Dark Gaijin will do everything in their power to pick most quirky vehicles instead of finishing their Churchill VII and Soviet Matilda.

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God imagine we had got a Close Support version of a Cromwell, Centaur or Churchill instead of the Alecto.

Even funnier since they all have the QF 95mm gun.