Just no, try killing a m3 lee with the 120mm HE
The HE has 31mm pen but the roof with just 12.7mm can just shrug it off when you hit the turret right next to the roof. Making be believe that the HE does not work like a sphere as it should but only checks pen towards the closest point aka the impact point.
its a coin toss but you survive it way to many times.
Most other rocket vehicle dont have 76mm of armor between the rockets and the tank itself.
What in game is slinging 120mm HE at M3’s, not to mention the Lee’s turret is a weird one. If you want derp guns look to 152mm and above (Well the ones that will one shot with HE)
Not really OP, the rockets have smaller splash damage than the 76mm HE from main gun. I hoped they would be powerful, but if you read about M8 rocket in Wikipedia you’ll find out it had a small portion of explosives, unfortunately less than a tank shell, even though it has a much higher caliber - and that is reflected in the game well, if not too well (you can fire a bunch of Rockets but you see enemies die only when your 76mm tank shell explodes near them)
Dunno why you think that - the Rocket has about 2 - 2.5 kilos of HE filling, the 75mm M3 Sherman gun has 0.68 kg of HE filling, and the 76mm 0.39kg - so the rocket has 3-6 times as much HE as regular Sherman 75 or 76mm HE ammo
Called a prototype in testing. Everything labeled “T” in the American designation system is a prototype. T20, M26 T99…are there any others T’s added yet? Lol
I’m sorry but a block of wood is plausible now? What about the several stages of prototyping, testing, redesigning and compromises, and eventual production that would’ve come after that? Wooden models are hardly a proof of concept. How would the crew accommodations fit? How fast could they reload the gun inside the tank? How does the drivetrain fit inside and operate? How maneuverable is it? Did any of the armor thickness, shape, or other details have to be changed from mockup, to prototype, to production? How reliable and feasible is it after all of the testing?
Prototypes at least have most of these questions answered. Mainly needing teething issues and finer details to be dealt with before mass production begins. A block of wood has none of these things answered