Strat84, I do understand your point and have been to Munster and other places that exhibit tank shells.
The question is, what will a tank shell, with that energy (50m) at that angle do)
a) at the spot of impact (deform the metal, maybe get stuck and deflected downwards by any protruding objects)?
b) where will it bounce to? (I suppose directly into the driver's compartment, killing the people inside if they are not very lucky)
I do not have a problem with having to use HE shells to destroy lightly armored vehicles.
(The idea being, that a sabot round will just pierce and pass through).
Only then it must be assured, that the HE shell, when it hits the APC, assuredly kills it. Which it sadly does not at the moment. The result is (as seen here) that I have to fire 3 rounds of AP on an APC (or AT gun, when unlucky) because AP shells bounce off and HE shells do not work properly either.