Tiger HE rounds vs Panzer HE rounds

[Mickey1992]

Yesterday for the first time I took a Tiger to pork a field's town.  I found that it took only 2 88mm Tiger rounds to destroy a town building.  On more than one occasion, it seemed that nearby buildings were getting collateral damage because when I destroyed one building, the one right next to it only took one round to destroy.

If I remember correctly, it takes 4 or 5 75mm Panzer rounds to destroy a town building.

Question from an ordinance newbie:  Does an 88mm HE round really have that much more of a kick than a 75mm HE round?

[frank3]

Originally posted by Mickey1992
Question from an ordinance newbie:  Does an 88mm HE round really have that much more of a kick than a 75mm HE round?

lol, noooooooooo, it doenst!!!

[Innominate]

It doesnt take that many 75mm rounds.

[Mickey1992]

Originally posted by Innominate
It doesnt take that many 75mm rounds.

Oh, does it only take 3?  That would make sense then.

Nevermind.

[emodin]

It only takes 2 75mm HE rounds to destroy a town building.

[brady]

I Beleave it takes 8, 88MM HE rounds to kill a hanger(at an airfield) and 16, 75MM HE Rounds howearver.  The Funny thing is that it apears that thier is not a direct HE equivelancey with Arcraft Ordance, This would mean that the 88 HE shell would have an HE equilvancy of aprox. 300 pounds, since hangers at airfields take 2500 pounds to kill, the odd part comes in when you nead to fire 2 88HE to kill a bunker(ammo,fuel, ect) since a 100 pound bomb is capable of killing one all by it's self, I wounder if their is now a seperat coding for this. Also Osty rounds apear to be half as effective as before aganst structures, it now apears to take twice as much ammo to kill any given structure as it used to with them.

[Karnak]

It takes 12 88mm HE rounds to destroy a FH or BH and 18 75mm HE rounds to do the same.

The 75mm HE does approximately 66% as much damage as the 88mm HE.

[Ecliptik]

I believe lethality is set arbitrarily for each weapon, rather than there being general code for damage which incorporates the explosive mass of a bomb or shell as the weapon-specific variable.

[Grendel]

cant....resist......comment.. ......

WHAAAAA - Tiger IS Panzer!

Phhhhh....

Panzer 4: Panzerkampfwagen IV
Tiger: Panzerkampfwagen VI

Not that I can help in the subject itself in any way but... Forgive me

[maxtor]

I tested out the ostwind 37mm HE when this new version came out.  I was seeing proximity damage from those rounds at Training Base barracks.  I would count the rounds I fired at a "fresh" Barracks, then the round needed at the adjacent barracks afterwards.   The adjacent barracks always takes less rounds to explode, than a second "feesh" barracks a few buildings away.

[frank3]

how many Tiger shells does it take to pop a hangar?

[BUG_EAF322]

And more important the lvt-a4 ???

[Karnak]

It takes 12 Tiger 88mm HE shells to destroy a hanger.

It takes 18 LVT-A4 75mm HE rounds to destroy a hanger, just as it takes 18 Panzer IV H 75mm HE rounds.


The whole hanger durability is a gameplay device to start with.  HTC realized this and switch the tanks from doing damage based on their HE explosive content to a gameplay balanceed ammount of damage.

[BUG_EAF322]

It takes 18 LVT-A4 75mm HE rounds to destroy a hanger, just as it takes 18 Panzer IV H 75mm HE rounds.

Cmon for gameplay sake that lvt a4 should do better.
coz the shells hit the target more from above. Because of the trajectory it's more like a driving mortar. But why should we use it when the rest of vechiles is better?

[BUG_EAF322]

The lvt-a4 never get's a chance to hit a hangar 18 x.
It would be already killed and blown up by 9mm browning.