Warthunder otomatic12/20/2023 ![]() It uses a dual ammo feed mechanism, one for APFSDS (left hand side of the turret when looking at it from the front) and one for HE-VT (hull and right hand side) (then there's the SAPOM which it never fired but it's a round used on the naval 76 which is the same gun and Gaijin saw fit giving it a stock round other than HE). ![]() We can also take into account it's rather low penetration values and the armor values of top tier MBT's, sometimes killing a tank from the front is almost impossible and thus wastes many APFSDS projectiles. My proposition of not limiting the amount of APFSDS projectiles would not make it OP in any capacity and would give it more chances of survival against enemy MBT's and other tanks. It is large and bulky and has a hullbreak mechanic, the days of it being OP (at 9.0 BR) are long over, but the hard cap for APFSDS projectiles is still there. If the reason behind this is balance - the otomatic has been given BR raises ever since it's inception, now it is squarely in the top tier range. That means we already have an example that gaijin disregards doctrine. ![]() If the reason behind this is doctrine, let me remind you that the T80U and some other soviet vehicles (and other vehicles in general) had a doctrine of only taking a limited number of ATGM's in their vehicle, but in game that was changed and it is possible to take any number of ATGMs. I assume gaijin either used the number 12 as a balance method, or they found a statement somewhere that the doctrine of the otomatic crews was to take 12 APFSDS projectiles for self defense. It's not a problem of whether the otomatic can take that many APFSDS projectiles, because it can. The otomatic has no dedicated ammo rack specifically for the APFSDS projectiles, as every ammo rack can either hold more than 12 or less than 12 projectiles.
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