Anonymous
6/11/2025, 1:57:35 PM No.63814410
How hard would it be to out Heat projectiles inside a Shotgun?
Would it have any use in trench clearing?
Would it have any use in trench clearing?
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Anonymous
6/11/2025, 4:12:56 PM No.63814815
Useless unless it can penetrate a BMP-1
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Anonymous
6/11/2025, 4:14:27 PM No.63814823
>>63814815
But what if it can penetrate body armor?
But what if it can penetrate body armor?
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Anonymous
6/12/2025, 12:36:43 AM No.63817127
>>63814823
I'll penetrate your body
I'll penetrate your body
Anonymous
6/12/2025, 1:37:37 AM No.63817354
>>63814410 (OP)
HEAT/EFP penetration scales exponentially with caliber, below 50mm you're looking at like 1.5x best case which makes AP/sabots generally superior for both penetration and price except recoil-limited use cases like 40mm HEDP. ~26mm/0deg RHA from a 12ga won't harm anything meaningful in a trench, but there's a small chance we see it temporarily serve as an expedient solution to mass deployment of infantry-like/tankette combat robots.
>>63814823
It won't, because ceramic is the primary component of composite armor arrays which were specifically adopted to defeat HEAT shells.
HEAT/EFP penetration scales exponentially with caliber, below 50mm you're looking at like 1.5x best case which makes AP/sabots generally superior for both penetration and price except recoil-limited use cases like 40mm HEDP. ~26mm/0deg RHA from a 12ga won't harm anything meaningful in a trench, but there's a small chance we see it temporarily serve as an expedient solution to mass deployment of infantry-like/tankette combat robots.
>>63814823
It won't, because ceramic is the primary component of composite armor arrays which were specifically adopted to defeat HEAT shells.