Busting Tank Myths: Ammo

I've made videos talking about and busting tank myths in the past, but there wasn't an overall theme. I decided to switch things up for this video by talking about tank ammunition. Seems like a very particular subject, but you would be surprised by how many misconceptions there are about ammo.

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Songs used (in order from first to last):
Subnautica - Into the Unknown
Halo 3: ODST - Rain (Deference for Darkness)

Sound mods:
Epic Thunder (Pre-release)

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[Snailman]

Fun fact: I would prefer not to get hit by any of these tank shells

[eugenebebs]

Spookston: "overpressure turns driver into a gummy bear"
TV producers: literally turn driver into a cartoon bear

[LDS-Guy]

The tank crewman was most likely inferring that a combination of pressure, speed, and a little bit of heat vaporizes soft targets (i.e. humans or animals). The company that made the animation and hosted the interview most certainly misinterpreted it, and thought the hot spall created causes this "vaporization, " which is extremely misleading.

[roadhigher]

Another widely circulated myth is that HEAT warheads work by melting the Copper lining and making it ''melt'' through the armour.
In reality the pressure from the explosive charge changes the Copper lining into a Superplastic, which is when the pressure causes the otherwise Solid Copper to act more like a stream of fluid, even though it is way below it's melting point and still a Solid. This is important because actual molten metal would just splatter over the armour and not achieve much, but a Superplastic will bore through the armour, since it retains it's Solid form Density.

[Vlad_-_-_]

Another good one : HEAT shells " melt " through the armor. The metal jet is " molten ". Its not. It's super plastic, IE behaving like liquid but is in fact solid and the penetration of the jet is still kinetic in nature, it doesnt use high temperatures.

[pickleman]

I'm glad you were fair to the tanker in the interview, The documentary film makers clearly were the ones who misinterpreted his meaning too literally

[rivlmn]

I like just remind everyone that according to Gaijin a 1940s german tank crew could take french 47mm to the chest and just turn yellow. Despite historical records showing it was very effective against its target at the time.

[bitofapickle]

4:47 lol every time you say "anyway" it sounds like you're rolling your eyes and you're just glad that the video is over and you can go back to doing whatever

[snazzydazzy]

I love how his sponser is perfectly 10 seconds. I can just skip to the video with two taps.

[flyboymb]

I can speak from experience about inhaling the air around heavy metal. I was exposed to the air at an Iron Maiden concert and I've never been quite the same since.

[hooviedoovie]

I always find it funny when people hear uranium they think radioactive, which is fair to people who don’t know about it. Depleted uranium comes from the nuclear fuel enrichment process, and in the process of depletion, they are separating the U235 from U238. The U235 goes into the fuel because it’s more fissile, and the U238 is the depleted uranium. For reference, brand new unirradiated Nuclear fuel is safe to touch, so not super radioactive. Depleted uranium is less radioactive than brand new fuel.

[BufusTurbo]

Depleted uranium is incredibly dense, almost as dense as most of the defence department

[nathanleschke]

Spookston, just wanted to say you’re the best. I don’t know a lot about military technology or tanks, but I have an account on NationStates that I love writing military stuff for. Your videos have given me a lot of help designing my nation’s main battle tank! I really appreciate your content.

[madcat]

Myth: You can't take out the 'mechs with bombs
Fact: 'Mechs are invincible because no on can see them anymore.

[Gougar]

2:22 Understood, APHE creates a minature nuclear explosion. :)

[HEeliosp]

3:15 shoutout to the guy trying to get godmode

[impguardwarhamer]

While I'm sure the increased post-penetration performance is useful, I'm fairly sure the main reason for the adoption of depleted uranium is the increased penetration.

[lukeskylicker]

Another misconception I've seen, specifically relating to the arcadey nature of War Thunder, is that APHE is incapable of over pressure. Any round with an explosive filler is capable of over pressure, though usually only HE, HEAT, and HESH have enough to do it. Very high quantities of explosive filler on the larger German and Soviet guns can sometimes trigger a crew wipe.

[JackManiaky]

Shoutout to spooks for having one of the least obnoxious ad reads I've heard in a while!

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Thanks for the free advice i will not breath heavy metal anymore!