So if I understand this correctly the reason for the Faust30 not killing Shermans to the front is the angle of the armor.
Or I am just haluzinating/talking bullshit and the 30 is actually destroying Shermans to the front.
It's the angle of the
impact.
But now things get complicated.
What is a Sherman? Here's a list of Shermans in the mod, their frontal armour and their hitpoints and whether or not a panzerfaust 30 can kill it in one shot to the front at an angle 0 degrees from the norm.
Great Britain:
Name: m4a1early_eu_brit
Upper Front Hull Armour: 80mm
Hitpoints: 1000
1 shot Pzfst30 kill: NoName: m4a1mid_eu_brit
Upper Front Hull Armour: 80mm
Hitpoints: 1000
1 shot Pzfst30 kill: NoName: sherman_v_mid / sherman_v_mid_olive
Upper Front Hull Armour: 80mm
Hitpoints: 1000
1 shot Pzfst30 kill: NoName: sherman_v_late / sherman_v_late_olive
Upper Front Hull Armour: 90mm
Hitpoints: 1000
1 shot Pzfst30 kill: NoName: sherman_v_late_alt / sherman_v_late_alt_olive
Upper Front Hull Armour: 80mm
Hitpoints: 1000
1 shot Pzfst30 kill: NoName: sherman_vc_early / sherman_vc_early_olive
Upper Front Hull Armour: 80mm
Hitpoints: 1000
1 shot Pzfst30 kill: NoName: sherman_vc_late / sherman_vc_late_olive
Upper Front Hull Armour: 90mm
Hitpoints: 1000
1 shot Pzfst30 kill: NoUS Shermans (and British African)
Name: m4a1_early
Upper Front Hull Armour: 70mm
Hitpoints: 750
1 shot Pzfst30 kill: yesName: m4a1
Upper Front Hull Armour: 80mm
Hitpoints: 750
1 shot Pzfst30 kill: yesName: m4a1early_eu
Upper Front Hull Armour: 80mm
Hitpoints: 1000
1 shot Pzfst30 kill: NoName: m4a1mid_eu
Upper Front Hull Armour: 80mm
Hitpoints: 1000
1 shot Pzfst30 kill: NoName: m4a1_76mm
Upper Front Hull Armour: 80mm
Hitpoints: 1000
1 shot Pzfst30 kill: NoName: m4a3
Upper Front Hull Armour: 80mm
Hitpoints: 1000
1 shot Pzfst30 kill: NoName: m4a3_76 / m4a3_76_win / m4a3_76_win_alt
Upper Front Hull Armour: 80mm
Hitpoints: 1000
1 shot Pzfst30 kill: NoName: m4a3_105
Upper Front Hull Armour: 80mm
Hitpoints: 1000
1 shot Pzfst30 kill: NoName: m4a3_win
Upper Front Hull Armour: 80mm
Hitpoints: 1000
1 shot Pzfst30 kill: NoName: m4a3e2_jumbo75 / m4a3e2_jumbo75_win
Upper Front Hull Armour: 130mm (?)
Hitpoints: 1425
1 shot Pzfst30 kill: NoName: m4a3e2_jumbo76 / m4a3e2_jumbo76_win
Upper Front Hull Armour: 130mm (?)
Hitpoints: 1425
1 shot Pzfst30 kill: NoSo it seems, unfortunately, I picked one of the two Shermans out of a total of 27 which the panzerfaust 30 is able to penetrate. These are both African Shermans, I think, so they would never encounter a panzerfaust. So yes, you are completely right. You cannot kill a Sherman with a panzerfaust 30 from the front, whatever the angle.
Why are Shermans coded like this, with different front armours and different hitpoints? No idea. Probably for the same reason the panzerfaust 30 has a different penetration from the 60 and 100.
The argument that coding a weapon intentionally weak so it forces you to sneak is a very weak one in my opinion, especially considering the range of it is 30 metres, so you are going to have to sneak no matter what. Also, I should note that according to the revision logs, Kev hasn't ever changed the damage the panzerfaust 30 does.
In my opinion, the panzerfaust 30 base damage should be increased to 90, so it is the same as the 60 and 100.