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Offline DanielNL

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M8 armor being penetrated by .50 cal
« on: 18-03-2016, 21:03:01 »
Please fix this. IRL M8 shouldn't take damage from .50 cal because M8 has 9.5 mm armor on the sides.

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Re: M8 armor being penetrated by .50 cal
« Reply #1 on: 18-03-2016, 22:03:39 »
Please fix this. IRL M8 shouldn't take damage from .50 cal because M8 has 9.5 mm armor on the sides.
But penetration values of .50 cal are more than twice as big, with almost 22mm of armor at 100 meters. Not to mention the 22-28mm penetration capabilities of armor piercing .50 cal bullets  ::)

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Re: M8 armor being penetrated by .50 cal
« Reply #2 on: 19-03-2016, 00:03:25 »
That's just insane.

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Re: M8 armor being penetrated by .50 cal
« Reply #3 on: 19-03-2016, 02:03:11 »
I bet when you report something that actually needs to be fixed we will, A: Not fix it because of the whole peter and wolf thing or B: Just not do it to piss you off.

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Re: M8 armor being penetrated by .50 cal
« Reply #4 on: 20-03-2016, 10:03:39 »
its like saying KT cant pen t34   ;D

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Re: M8 armor being penetrated by .50 cal
« Reply #5 on: 20-03-2016, 11:03:46 »
Have to say I was a bit surprised to see Hetzer take dmg after I sprayed it randomly from a scour car... and was like "lolwut" when it blew up :D

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Re: M8 armor being penetrated by .50 cal
« Reply #6 on: 20-03-2016, 14:03:28 »
its like saying KT cant pen t34   ;D
Why? It's quite logic that 88mm heavy projectile can beat 45mm armor...

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Re: M8 armor being penetrated by .50 cal
« Reply #7 on: 20-03-2016, 14:03:18 »
He was being sarcastic.... also, as has been shown, it is quite logical that the 50cal can penetrate the hanomag armor as well.

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Re: M8 armor being penetrated by .50 cal
« Reply #8 on: 20-03-2016, 14:03:37 »
He was being sarcastic....
U mean Berkolok? Berkolok did you know .50 cal is that powerful or what?

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Re: M8 armor being penetrated by .50 cal
« Reply #9 on: 20-03-2016, 14:03:30 »
Maybe he did, maybe he didn't. Point is: He did not open a thread about it without first looking into it.

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Re: M8 armor being penetrated by .50 cal
« Reply #10 on: 20-03-2016, 14:03:09 »
Maybe he did, maybe he didn't. Point is: He did not open a thread about it without first looking into it.
Looking into what? I couldn't find any source on Google about how many mm RHA .50 cal can penetrate...

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Re: M8 armor being penetrated by .50 cal
« Reply #11 on: 20-03-2016, 14:03:40 »
In that case don't write this:

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Please fix this. IRL M8 shouldn't take damage from .50 cal because M8 has 9.5 mm armor on the sides.

But something like this.

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I noticed the 50 cal can penetrate the hanomag ingame. Is that correct?

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Re: M8 armor being penetrated by .50 cal
« Reply #12 on: 20-03-2016, 22:03:41 »
Maybe he did, maybe he didn't. Point is: He did not open a thread about it without first looking into it.
Looking into what? I couldn't find any source on Google about how many mm RHA .50 cal can penetrate...

http://www.riflesintheuk.com/50bmg.htm
google -> wikipedia -> german article on 12,7 × 99 mm NATO -> source #4
all in all, ~10 seconds. it is a pretty small article and the penetration power was at the end of the paragraph, very eye-catching.

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Re: M8 armor being penetrated by .50 cal
« Reply #13 on: 21-03-2016, 12:03:44 »
Ok but it was just that I was VERY surprised that Odium started shooting at me in my M8 while he was in the half-track last Friday FHT battle, as if he already suspected that .50 cal would damage the M8 and make it explode within 3 seconds...

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Re: M8 armor being penetrated by .50 cal
« Reply #14 on: 21-03-2016, 12:03:31 »
This might come as a shock to you, but some people (most of them actually) know more than you.