AP/HE ammo ???

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I have noted that many tanks in gun penetration table show a APCR penetration (ie T26 PEN 1:6 APCR 9) but the gun doesn't show APCR rounds, only AP rounds. Does the tank come with APCR rounds which are generically counted in with the 50AP rounds the unit shows? If not, why does the tank show APCR Pen values?

Weapons that can fire APCR are designed with APCR values, but historically they often took the field without any of the rare and expensive tungsten rounds in their loadout. Thus, for instance, a German Mk IV might have no APCR rounds while the contemporary Marder has 3 rounds for the same gun.

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