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Exceptional high AP Strength of 40mm Bofors
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2018 12:25 pm
by NikolaiEzhov
The anti-personnel strength of 40mm AA Gun (Bofors 40L60) = 31;
The anti-personnel strength of 37mm AA Gun (61-K) = 6;
The anti-personnel strength of 57mm AA Gun (S-60) = 13.
Does this make sense?
RE: Exceptional high AP Strength of 40mm Bofors
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2018 2:36 pm
by josant
Anti-personnel strength is a combination of shell weight (expresed in Kg) multiplied by the rate of fire.
For example: the 37mm AA Gun (61-K) has a shell weight of 800g and a rate of fire of 60; so 0,8x60=48; in toaw terms 48/8=6
The case of the 40mm cannon is more strange, it has a shell weight of 900g, and they are many versions for example;
40L60 (rof=120); 0,9x120=108=13
40L70 (rof=240); 0,9x240=216=27
40L70 (rof=300); 0,9x300=270=33
40L70 (rof=330); 0,9x330=297=37
The AP of the 40mm cannon varies from 13 to 37, I think that the value of 31 was chosen by Norm Koger (the designer of the original TOAW) arbitrarily
RE: Exceptional high AP Strength of 40mm Bofors
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2018 6:01 pm
by sPzAbt653
Crusader SPAAG also has crazy high AP. That one always sticks in my mind, and it made me wonder if it was meant to represent a quad 40mm, which would certainly make havoc on the marching infantry.
RE: Exceptional high AP Strength of 40mm Bofors
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2018 2:21 pm
by ScepticSmith568
No - this is ridiculous...
Good news: easy to change it on the force editor.