07-19-2016, 06:54 PM
(07-19-2016, 05:08 PM)SCN-3_NULL Wrote:Something like a flimsy wall of concrete or wood? The kind of thing infantry hides behind to avoid the wrath of MGs?(07-19-2016, 04:56 PM)Surge Wrote: APBC 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.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
*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
The Scorpion has a pretty rubbish autoloader, it has a small bin of shells with a long travel distance from storage to gun, it loads fast and is sufficient for the single ammo type. Also canister shot isn't standard on the Scorpion, and the Scorpion's canister shot seems to function more like a high frag content HE shell.
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