07-20-2016, 06:31 AM
(07-19-2016, 06:54 PM)Surge Wrote:those still wouldnt stood well against HE frag/HESH also dont the scorpion have the ammo basket/store kinda on the turret area? I thought the design atleast for the turret is kinda like the AMX-13's also the canister shot might have an explosive element in the shell so it's actually more of a HE frag than canister.....(07-19-2016, 05:08 PM)SCN-3_NULL 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-14Something like a flimsy wall of concrete or wood? The kind of thing infantry hides behind to avoid the wrath of MGs?
*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
-120mm canister shot-
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.