AP/HE ammo ???

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Finally found what I was looking for. This is one good example that AP is not always simple AP and that special ammo can be different from tank to tank. Look at app the middle of the page where you can see a picture of a shell.

http://www.fprado.com/armorsite/tiger1.htm

The Germans---and IIRC the Germans alone---placed explosive charges inside many of their "standard" AP rounds. There's some debate about how effective this was, though I would hazard that the consensus would be that it certainly added a punch to the total damage effect.

Someone who paid more attention way back in the day may correct me, but I want to recollect that these rounds were part of the reason for the "Kill" value that persists in all versions of this game. Way back when, German and (eg) British AP rounds of caliber X might have the same stats, except that the German round with its HE core would wreak more havoc only assuming that it penetrated. Thus, SP weapons needed 3 damage variables: one to signify standard explosive strength, one to signify armor-penetrating potential, and one to signify damage potential conditional to armor penetration.

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