Ammo Types in War Thunder Explained - RELOADED | War Thunder Tank Shells Guide

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Welcome to the remastered Tank Ammo Guide. In this video, I explain every tank shell in the game, from the most common to the most obscure, to even ones that aren't classified in-game. There are a whole bunch of different shells, and it's easy to get confused about them. That's why I spent a lot of time explaining how they work in detail and provided 3D animations to help you understand how they work. If anything's unclear or you need more information, don't hesitate to leave a comment. Once again, massive thanks to the War Thunder Wiki for providing a lot of info. The video wouldn't have been possible without all the contributors. Check it out here: wiki.warthunder.com/Tank_ammu...
I definitely should've started working on this video earlier, but hey, ammo types part 7. Or is it technically 3.5?
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📘 Intro: 0:00
Kinetic energy: 0:18
AP: 0:37
APC: 1:05
APBC: 1:29
APCBC: 1:45
APHE: 2:11
AC: 2:41
SAP: 3:20
Shrapnel: 3:48
Sub-Caliber Armor Piercing: 4:13
APCR: 4:52
APDS: 5:18
APFSDS: 5:34
Chemical Energy: 6:44
High-Explosive: 7:16
HE-TF: 7:52
HE-VT: 8:08
HE Grenade: 8:28
VOG: 8:43
Rocket: 9:00
HESH: 9:33
HEAT: 10:02
HEAT-FS: 10:35
HEATMP: 11:09
HEAT Grenade: 11:29
ATGM: 11:52
ATGM-OTA: 12:43
ATGM-VT: 12:58
ATGM Tandem: 13:09
ATGM-HE: 13:28
ATGM-AP: 13:37
SAM: 14:00
Smoke: 14:39
📘 Outro: 14:59
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Thank you all for 50k subscribers!

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@skDoger Ай бұрын

Updated information will go here as they come, in the meantime, thank you all for 50k

@TheManOfMyriad Ай бұрын

Thanks lad. Watched the first video a month ago, and this is a welcome upgrade now that I'm on another "War thunder" interest phase

@jamesdziegiel1041 Ай бұрын

Great video but you’ve forgotten about the short fin stabilised sabot found primarily on Soviet tanks

@anrw886 Ай бұрын

You forgot the PELE-T round on the gripen AHHHHH

@anrw886 Ай бұрын

Gripen is a tank!!

@6489Tankman Ай бұрын

My left ear liked it

@WTplayer_no1 Ай бұрын

Only OGs now he already made one 4 years ago

@skDoger Ай бұрын

Gaijoob decided to add a bunch of new shells, so you know I had to make a reloaded version 😎

@TheBingusZone Ай бұрын

“Only ogs now”

@23falloutgodofwar Ай бұрын

@@skDoger I remember watching your OG ones. (If I remember correctly, there were 2.) And now the rounds have honestly changed quite a bit like the HESH.

@hansiminator69 Ай бұрын

I remember…! These memories when I didn’t know how the game worked :)

@user-rb1ck6ox8i Ай бұрын

I remember it

@EATSxBABIES Ай бұрын

Im just glad its a legit high quality and informative video posted on today, the day of clickbait and lies

@skDoger Ай бұрын

Only the best for my viewers

@dylanking-1036 Ай бұрын

Am I a viewer?@@skDoger

@skDoger Ай бұрын

@@dylanking-1036 Absolutely

@r7asj Ай бұрын

@@dylanking-1036 no

@insertcringe2220 Ай бұрын

Unfortunately, a lot of the information is very inaccurate, sometimes borderline incorrect

@ehe9749 Ай бұрын

visuals improved seriously

@stupidweasels1575 Ай бұрын

I was expecting this to be some sorta April fools thing with whacky info but instead it's just a very well put together guide. My expectations have been pranked.

@DarkButz Ай бұрын

Even though SAM is not explained here, I think it's worth noting the Starstreak is probably the only APHEFSDS missile in the entire game, since it launches 3 guided darts with around 450 grams of explosive material inside them.

@lemons1559 Ай бұрын

Sabot sold separately (does not exist)

@fox_rblx9391 Ай бұрын

I literally just watched your previous shell guides 30 mins ago, this is crazy

@hourglassproductions7517 Ай бұрын

German 128mm be like: 128mm aphecbc-ds

@Ivanushka9937 Ай бұрын

FS AP CR HESH I C BC SC DS shell

@user-Nerd72ekd82kw 18 күн бұрын

Apheshcbcfsdsrcrac Or... Armor piercing high explosive squash head fin stabilized discarding sabot rocket composite-rigid anti concrete

@epicdudelee Ай бұрын

Used this video to write a essay for my friend to learn war thunder (he doesnt learn visually so the video wouldnt have stuck). So happy to see a new version released since its also good background noise

@KnownHaruki Ай бұрын

I sent the old one to all of my friends, but now, i need to send them that. Thx for the video, it made my life way easier to explain to my friends who just started playing. 😊

@bensundermann6553 Ай бұрын

Yes. Trying to teach a friend

@BagPiper02 Ай бұрын

This is a Yakuza moment of all time

@Joshid1212 Ай бұрын

man i remember watching your video 4 years ago when i was so into war thunder, recently got back into it and im glad youre still doing well!!

@raulromero8860 7 күн бұрын

As someone who’s into their first month of playing WT I cannot express enough how grateful I am for this guide

@NonnoSturerEmil Ай бұрын

Great job man,you’ve perfectly mixed realism with WT.

@BasedGrandmasKitchen Ай бұрын

So quick thing, APC shells do NOT normalize, this is a myth. The purpose of the cap is to slow the round down on impact to prevent the shell shattering at high speeds.

@fabians7751 Ай бұрын

Youre correct. However, skdoger is also correct. There are different types of those caps with different effects. In terms of gameplay however, it's not wrong to assume that all APC shells normalize, as the shatter protection caps fell out of favor soon after WW1 due to needing low armor angles to have any impact, as well as improved metallurgy negating the effect of those shatter protection caps with tougher armor.

@flipallthetables793 Ай бұрын

@@fabians7751 "In terms of gameplay however, it's not wrong to assume that all APC shells normalize" It is wrong though. Out of all the basic AP types (uncapped sharp nose, capped sharp nose, uncapped blunt nose), capped rounds have generally the worse slope modifiers at higher angles.

@ch4z_bucks 19 күн бұрын

@@fabians7751Unfortunately this is not true, the APC shells in the game do not normalise against armour. They actually dig in and travel with the angle of the armour, not against it like you would to normalise. This is typical of a lot of APC shells

@Fr3ddyFazbear87 Ай бұрын

I was actually looking for a new amo guide from you yesterday bit couldn't find one. Just woke up to one.

@pugalicious2419 Ай бұрын

Feels great to catch this one 4 years later. 🎉 Big improvement too man! Good job!

@eliasl332 Ай бұрын

I subscribed because of your first ammo guide a few years ago, good work.

@michaelchristy506 Ай бұрын

The sequel we all needed, thank you

@AlphaStar__ Ай бұрын

I was fr waiting for this to come out. Like no joke, I watched your previous video about ammo and wondered why there are no new ammo types in it

@rust5857 Ай бұрын

Thank you so much the old video has helped me improve drastically . But i was left wondering if there were any changes ❤❤ true goat

@dreadlock7604 Ай бұрын

I've been playing for some time now and I know pretty much a lot about shell types but it's good to see more informative vids like this one ❤

@goodlittledrummerboi1524 Ай бұрын

Bro I got Into war Thunder a couple months ago and watched your old video. It was really informative and helpful, but I'm glad you remastered it because my brother just got into and I can show him this. Thanks, bro much appreciated

@theruined2190 Ай бұрын

Ayyyy, its nice to see you remake your old but gold video!

@TheLuxGuy2018 Ай бұрын

im glad you remade the visuals great video 👌👌

@obeyobay9146 Ай бұрын

Thanks dude. Your old guide really helped me when I started war thunder and I wanted to say thanks!

@fhfhfhrtgrgfgfdrdhfhrdgfgf7512 Ай бұрын

i watched this for over 10 minutes before i realized it was an april fool's joke lmao

@skDoger Ай бұрын

Very elaborate April Fool's joke hehe

@jpppe Ай бұрын

@@skDogerwas the joke you never upload I don’t get it :/

@hector_salamander Ай бұрын

@@skDogerwhat is the joke

@Taijitu527 Ай бұрын

Even if this was a Jk, its Useful to Know how new shells works

@berserkskeleton762 19 күн бұрын

The thing is is that this is stuff I already know, but it gets my nerdy little tank brain all exited to see it all explained and laid out perfectly in a video.

@Atariusz_ Ай бұрын

my gf just started playing this game, love you man like literally the day you uploaded it

@Nero_studios Ай бұрын

The VOG on the bmp 2 m has so little explosive filler that it doesn't actually break terrain objects like fences or trees It also doesn't do any damage to tracks at all or very very little. It's practically useless other than using it for blinding the enemy if you shoot them so the gernade detonates and makes a very small dust cloud

@WistfulKismet 23 күн бұрын

Very informative and amazing video! Thanks dude :D

@Primendra18 21 күн бұрын

This is very helpful for new players. Thanks!

@Random_YouTuber2008 Ай бұрын

Your animation skills improved so much from the first vid. I'm impressed!

@mikelantz8085 Ай бұрын

I have been playing for years but I always like videos like this

@rocketcello5354 Ай бұрын

I love the 37mm SAP on the M22 Locust, it's so good against open tops and poorly armoured tanks that your solid shot just goes straight through.

@GhostAll-bw2or Ай бұрын

I find your video interesting and helpful especially with the animation.

@anttisinivuori5259 Ай бұрын

Very nice to see this great video updated. As a small addition, smoke shells can kill open topped vehicles in-game with the low amount of HE filler contained in them, and I suppose the smoke wouldn't be very healthy for the crew in real life either (on top of the disorienting explosion, even if it didn't do much physical harm).

@silverfang1648 Ай бұрын

Its the same video but updated! I love it in every single way!

@_EUREKA. Ай бұрын

Yeepie, best guide about shells is remade, prob still the best around here :D

@thickboi7570 Ай бұрын

A part 2 we’ve all been waiting a while now

@Scybren Ай бұрын

The smoke rounds are under appreciated, I've spammed them on some maps with wide open areas. Was able to get most of our team into the first objective without being hit.

@connorbaldwin2773 Ай бұрын

God the first one was already good but this is just amazing!!

@emannuelvictor7 Ай бұрын

Nice work!!

@Macintoshiba Ай бұрын

Look! he made a part 4! Im all seriousness though, the mic quality is golden compared to the last time you did a video likr this ;)

@uncommonsimon5775 Ай бұрын

Been waiting for this video for a long time ! The first one was fucking awesome ! Love the vids man ! 🤩

@elijabBe Ай бұрын

Thanks for the update

@IBimmsJohn Ай бұрын

finally I was watiting for this viedeo since over a year now I guess

@Thakkii Ай бұрын

2min in and already learned something , thanks man

@skDoger Ай бұрын

Glad to help

@darktooth203 Ай бұрын

I'm not even a new player anymore, but I'd like this video!

@Mausi_Schmausi Ай бұрын

All of my friends who starts playing warthunder have to watch each of your videos about the tank shells. Its the law!

@javieralvarez7812 Ай бұрын

man this video is even better than the first one. well done mate and keep it up. (sorry if there is any grammatical error, I'm spanish)

@emirkomutan4212 11 күн бұрын

And im turkşsh

@AmaterasuOjo Ай бұрын

Thank you for the update!

@skDoger Ай бұрын

My pleasure

@Battlemagesoldier Ай бұрын

not all apfsds are made of DU. in fact very few are. early ones were just steel and later ones are tungsten.

@skDoger Ай бұрын

True, I just simplified it so the wall of text didn't get any longer

@obese_microwave Ай бұрын

Good you included the one I commented about a while ago

@user-gh7wb2fu6e 24 күн бұрын

I have the sabot from an M829A2 trainer round that I glued back together and use as a desk ornament. One of my most prized possessions.

@Slognye Ай бұрын

nice video bro, keep it up

@flipallthetables793 Ай бұрын

A cap doesn't improve the angled penetration at high angles compared to an uncapped round. It's the opposite, actually, since when hitting angled armor the nose of the uncapped round has a higher tendency to break off and effectively make the round slightly blunt. This is very clear with rounds like 90 mm T33 having 175 mm of penetration at 0 degrees but 67 mm at 60 degrees, while 90 mm M82 has 185 mm at 0 degrees and 65 mm at 60 degrees.

@ZZPxFTW Ай бұрын

The French OCC 105 F1 HEAT round you get in all the amx30’s differs to a standard heat round. As the CN-105-F1 was a rifled cannon, the shell has an outer casing separated from the inner shell by ball bearings, allowing the outer casing to rotate and stabilize the shell without spinning the liner and jet.

@vsapro6069 Ай бұрын

a rally good guide. i really like thet all the info was compressed to only 15 minutes but i found a small misstake which a huge amount of people get wrong so its no wonder that you did reserch and still put it there. shells that have normalization caps dont dotate towards the armour. the cap just sticks to the armour and holds the shell from slipping or rocicheting completely.

@mateuszreszka3033 Ай бұрын

Great vid, only thing I would add is APHE rounds have a fuse which will only activate on sufficiently thick armour, so especialy new players won't get confused why their round did pretty much nothing while shooting something lightly armored.

@skDoger Ай бұрын

True, forgot to mention that

@CoolBluBoi Ай бұрын

W updated ammo video

@Manuelslayor Ай бұрын

Small corections 1 only the american APFSDS and some other AP rounds are generally made out of DU. Other nations pretty much never used DU. The USA is also moving away from DU penetrators as far as im aware. Problem is that its still radioactive. It does not have huge effects on the crew but the same can't be said when it hits a target where it realeases significant amounts of radiation through the heating. Enough that it is not recomended to go near a vehicle thaf is destroyed with DU. 2 HE shells have 2 penetration values. The value of the shell and the value of the explosion. The value of the shell changes over distance. 3 Im not sure about the implementation in warthunder but HE does have a fuze sensitivity. Which would be 2cm of plywood for the 2cm Minengeshoss.

@agentyellow_1328 Ай бұрын

He returns when we needed him the most

@Puttrik87 Ай бұрын

Nice with the extra effort on the animations.

@skDoger Ай бұрын

Glad you like em

@O0FB0187 Ай бұрын

Man remastered an older video, major w

@vizender Ай бұрын

I think it would be important to mention hesh has received quite a significant buff to penetration on solid, homogeneous armors (such as late war German vehicles). Now it will be much more effective against these armor while still being mostly useless against composite, multi layered, spaced or reactive armor were it will rely solely on the overpressure mechanic to kill

@robinrienicke7464 Ай бұрын

Way better graphics than last time!

@thalesmoraes1312 Ай бұрын

What a Perfect Video

@panamatic9537 Ай бұрын

New one, nice

@TBCN69 Ай бұрын

Love the new visuals

@skDoger Ай бұрын

Glad you like em

@DarthNih1lus57 Ай бұрын

I’m a US main. Your videos saved me from punching a hole in my monitor. I didn’t understand any of the rounds until I watched your videos. With the snails really bad match making I’m now able to take out German tanks with a 75mm Sherman

@Mag0123 Ай бұрын

FANTASTIC

@serpent9423 Ай бұрын

Great video, thanks man 👍

@skDoger Ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@JPJW001 Ай бұрын

Fun fact: a guided rocket is technically a missile

@deca0 Ай бұрын

Not entirely. A guided rocket is a usually conventional unguided rocket that has guidance package fitted to it. Yes by definition it’s now a missile, but they were built with and around rocket hardware.

@noobynoober887 Ай бұрын

dude compared to the last video it was amazing but just a suggestion use mark sharp when shade smoothing and modeling flat surfaces so it looks better congrats on 50k

@skDoger Ай бұрын

I'll keep it in mind for next time, thanks

@noobynoober887 Ай бұрын

you're the G thanks for replying@@skDoger

@BOEING--mh6xm Ай бұрын

The return of the king

@saittosun4514 Ай бұрын

Nice work

@TheElafis Ай бұрын

6:05 I think that's another reason. With HEATFS projectiles, rotation reduces efficiency, that's why they are stabilized by fins and why APDSF projectiles have them because the barrel has no grooves

@LastGoatKnight Ай бұрын

I, for one, saw the old one, and for two I have way more knowledge about these now. But it seems like there may be some shell types that I may never see

@asiftalpur3758 Ай бұрын

nice visuals man

@skDoger Ай бұрын

Glad you like em

@domonkosszabo398 Ай бұрын

Small correction: Some HEAT grenades (such as the PG-9V that is used as the icon/model) have a rocket booster, which extend their range significantly.

@spartarecon2157 Ай бұрын

Ahhh finally an updated version

@supershid464 Ай бұрын

would be very cool if you showed clips of the game alongside the animations. I know you worked hard on them, but the game's damage viewing screens can be very informative about the spalling and what the round does

@skDoger Ай бұрын

In my videos I usually only show things I made myself, because stuff like in-game footage is readily available

@AxeBearingVoyager Ай бұрын

I remember watching your original video and asking about SAP-HE

@user-fi4op5gt4q Ай бұрын

Great job

@LimeInDisguise Ай бұрын

So essentially the more letters it has the better.

@slimeslow17 Ай бұрын

Yesterday I watched an old one and today is new video

@CreepyJackson 4 күн бұрын

Esse vídeo foi incrível 👏 parabéns 🇧🇷

@KekusMagnus Ай бұрын

In-game, APBC outperforms APCBC (assuming equal mass and velocity) for angles around 25-50 degrees, which are some of the most common target angles you will encounter. The exact angle range where this happens increases with the overmatch ratio, Gaijin made public the exact formula they use a few years ago so I wrote a little python code to test it out. It's questionnable whether this is realistic or not, but the result is that large-caliber APBC shells (such as soviet 122mm ww2 shells) have unreasonably good performance versus thin sloped armor. As a result, they are actually a better choice than APCBC for most scenarios

@yoface2537 Ай бұрын

Sub caliber shells are typically also better at pen because they can achieve higher velocity than a larger shell with the same amount of propellant because KE=m*v^2

@Jatzki Ай бұрын

8:10 Also called High-Explosive Proximity Fuse, or HE-PF

@cuccarese Ай бұрын

I have 3k hours on wt, but I still watch these vids b/c the animations tickle my brain. ❤

@user-wn1le3cx3w Ай бұрын

Thank you for interesting video! ❤ P.S. Smoke shell, imo, underrated - it is very usefull to smoke some "longs" with "cyberbush" positions and disorientade enemy team near capture points

@kimjanek646 Ай бұрын

The myth of shell normalization of APC round persists… The cap serves a single purpose: Distributed the impact force on the nose of the shell to keep it from breaking or shattering on impact. This is most likely to occur at 30° impact angle or against face hardened armor. It serves no point after impacting armor at greater angles than 45°, at which the nose shape becomes pretty much meaningless.

@Crusadeking01 Ай бұрын

Thank you so much 🙏❤❤❤

@skDoger Ай бұрын

Glad to help

@Boris_The_Turtle Ай бұрын

HE CAME BACK

@manmeh4r Ай бұрын

nice video

@Wiesel1a4 Ай бұрын

I still remember the original video. It legit overloaded my mind with info since I was still in br 1.7, I was like “apfs what now?” and I was legit delusional for thinking solid shot and heatfs was good lmfao, thankfully I rewatched it and now I’m at top tier Germany, and honestly I recommended the og shell guide a lot to newer players before this updated one came out.

@GregorianMG Ай бұрын

I mean they still work but in general, less damaging in term of post pen.

@dti1312 Ай бұрын

@@GregorianMG They're dogshit. You can still get kills with them of course but in comparison to pretty much everything else (APHE at low tiers vs solid shot or APFSDS at high tier vs HEAT-FS) they're terrible

@krinnge Ай бұрын

You forgot to mention that there are two types of APHEBC. The regular (can be seen in rank 1 italy) and the funny soviet bias one which has a more blunt nose under the cap that often penetrates more armor than it says it does under ridiculous angles

@nadhifsaputra7310 Ай бұрын

12:55 it is noteworthy that ATGM OTA has 2 types of systems to do this, For example the spike-LR/MR found on KF41 and vilkas will do exactly what the video said, and usually just fire and forget, meant that the target needs to be locked before launching. Meanwhile there's ATGM that will do OTA without the atgm itself has to dive like in the video. Namely the BILL ATGM (sweden: Pbv 302 BILL II and strf9040 BILL) and the TOW2B found on bradleys. These type of ATGMs need SACLOS guidance till it reach the target, and has to be aimed slightly in the target's top (preferably at the turret's top) . This is because the warhead is designed to be launched to the bottom, not to the front (CMIIW).