07-19-2016, 05:08 PM
(07-19-2016, 04:56 PM)Surge Wrote:I'm not sure, hitting an infantry with a 90mm diameter sides tungsten shell doesnt sound very economical especially the shot usaully hit a focused point instead of a HE blast unless there's something to create fragmentation to a group of infantry. Besides, dont the russians have auto loaders that work with multiple ammo types in the T-72, T-80 and T-90 and the recent T-14(07-19-2016, 04:43 PM)SCN-3_NULL Wrote: that still doesnt excuse them for pulling up a ww2 designed shell rather than something like the gulf wars when the alien attacked, besides incase of insurgences they might've pulled up something like a challenger tank, or our modern MBTs(2000s-2100s) that's even impossible to pen frontally with APFSDSAPBC is a non-SC multipurpose shell. It is absolutely adequate for mauling infantry and light vehicles alike with a single ammo type. Using a singular ammo type simplifies industry, supply lines, and the engineering of the Scorpion's autoloader, as presently adding a secondary ammo type to the Scorpion requires an external bin. For fighting heavy targets they did have options though, using the Cobra railgun tank primarily, but like a lot of specialized equipment the production was very localized and stopped wholesale causing the Cobra to essentially go extinct within the UNSC. Unlike the Soviet Union the UNSC largely failed to preserve its industry and retooling any of what it was able to retain was thus out of the question.
*reading up something about comparing the M808 scorpion against a modern MBT*
"You know, in this fight I'd vote for a Tiger or Sherman before I would vote for the Scorpion, fuck i'd vote for a Nigerian with an RPG-7 before I'd vote for the Scorpion."
the nigerian with an RPG-7 actually has better odds than a Tiger or a Sherman
honestly though I thought they stopped using canister shots atleast on MBTs/tanks since well ww1. I usually thought they only use the coaxial MG for infantry mowing