Gun penetration values...

[Tankerace]

I have a question. In the Editor manual, it says that the penetration is equivelant to the maximum thickness of armor a gun can penetrate in milimeters. In the stock OOB, for a US 14" Mk 7 or Mk 8 gun, this is listed at 700. So a 14" gun can penetrate over 27 inches of armor plate? Or does this assume at point blank, and naturally decrease as the range extends?

An 8"/55 gun (in the stock OOB) can penetrate 275mms, or just over 10 inches. That sounds a lot more believeable.

A 12"/50 gun can penetrate 500 mm, which is 19.6 inches. Are these values correct? I'm just trying to figure out how the OOB interprets these values, as I am trying to get all the gun data entered for the WPO mod.

Thanks for any comments.

[Nikademus]

Yes, the values in the editor represent maximum penetration at (approx) point blank range. The value is adjusted downward as ranges open up.

[Tankerace]

Ok. That was what I thought, but I wanted to make sure. Didn't want to code it so that a shell would just pass through a battlecruiser, going in one side and out the other. LOL.