Losqualo
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[QUOTE=Penetrator]Wah!?
This is a very dangerous path to go down, if you are just examining the effect on the plate hit. A large HE shell could easily demolish a tank even if a classical penetration through a particular plate was not achieved. Seams, rivets, guns, sights blasted away. If we take a T-34 and shower it with 150mm shells, I for one do NOT like to see it suffer only scratched paint and 99 suppression. A tank would be very lucky to take a direct hit like that and continue to function in any capacity.
On the theoretical level, the amount of explosive in a shell is to the power of 3 of the diameter. Furthermore, mortar shells have a far lower explosive content than regular shells.[/QUOTE]
I second that.
When I was at the German Bundeswehr I was gunner in a M-109 SP Howitzer.
We were told (though I can't confirm that ;) ) that a direct, not penetrating hit of our 155 mm gun at an enemy tank would instantly disable if not kill the enemy crew because of the shock of the impact.
Again, we didn't try it, but it sounds reasonable.
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