Thread:Golurk 88/@comment-34517845-20181129172200/@comment-34517845-20190114141609

Alias3002 wrote: KV-2 doesn't carry APCR, only HE and AP

and using AP in KV-2 is a sign of great stupidity.

The KV-2's AP rounds aren't really that good at penetrating, though they can do it for some vehicles. HE is usually the better option.

also, to be more complicated and specific and etc -

there are several round types in real life, and they sort of correspond to those in WoT. In WoT there is HEAT, HE, APCR, AP, and HESH

HESH is basically HE, but British exclusive

HEAT is only a premium round, somewhat low velocity but has less problems with normalization and ricochets, but also doesn't work vs spaced armor

You should know how HE works

AP and APCR are similar, but APCR is faster and more vulnerable to ricochets.

APCR, AP, and HE are all carried as standard rounds on some vehicles.

You can distinguish by the color of the round type indicator thing in WoT - gold is premium ammunition, otherwise it's standard ammo.

etc The only tank that fires HEAT standerd (and for its gold ammo) is the IKV 103.

The only HEAT round that can go through spaced armor is Jagdpanzer's 170mm HEAT.