PoorOldSpike
07-06-2010, 04:40
This series of tests indicates that skirts seem to give no protection against bazookas, but DO give protection against ATR's and ATG's.
TEST 1 (AT-Rifle)
I lined up 3x Pz IVG (with skirts) and 3x PzIVG (no skirts) in line astern in alternating order- skirts/no skirts/skirts/no skirts etc
Note how the kill chance is 'Rare' against the skirted machine, but a slightly better 'Low' against the no skirts tank.
The results were exactly the same when I dragged the target line to the other tanks in the column; 'Rare' for skirts, and 'Low' for no skirts.
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub3/ATR-a.gif
TEST 2 (45mm ATG)
In a close range test (not shown here) the kill chance was 'Good' against skirts AND against no skirts, but at longer ranges (as in this pic) after the shot had slowed down a little, skirts DID give better protection than no skirts; ('Good' against no skirts but only 'OK' against skirts)
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub3/ATG-a.gif
TEST 3 (bazooka)
Skirts gave no protection, as the bazooka had a kill chance of 'OK' against skirts and no skirts.
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub3/BAZa.gif
CONCLUSIONS
Smaller calibre armour-piercing shot (ATR's and light ATG's etc) definitely have a harder time penetrating through skirted machines, but of course larger cals would go through skirts like butter.
Bazookas go through skirts quite easily, perhaps skirts do give a tiny amount of protection against zooks but if so it wasn't enough to show up in the tests.
The Allied tanks didn't have skirts, so presumably they didn't think they were worth having.
Incidentally just for the record this is the full CM kill chance ratings chart-
Excellent
Very good
Good
OK
Fair
Low
Very low
Rare
None
TEST 1 (AT-Rifle)
I lined up 3x Pz IVG (with skirts) and 3x PzIVG (no skirts) in line astern in alternating order- skirts/no skirts/skirts/no skirts etc
Note how the kill chance is 'Rare' against the skirted machine, but a slightly better 'Low' against the no skirts tank.
The results were exactly the same when I dragged the target line to the other tanks in the column; 'Rare' for skirts, and 'Low' for no skirts.
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub3/ATR-a.gif
TEST 2 (45mm ATG)
In a close range test (not shown here) the kill chance was 'Good' against skirts AND against no skirts, but at longer ranges (as in this pic) after the shot had slowed down a little, skirts DID give better protection than no skirts; ('Good' against no skirts but only 'OK' against skirts)
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub3/ATG-a.gif
TEST 3 (bazooka)
Skirts gave no protection, as the bazooka had a kill chance of 'OK' against skirts and no skirts.
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub3/BAZa.gif
CONCLUSIONS
Smaller calibre armour-piercing shot (ATR's and light ATG's etc) definitely have a harder time penetrating through skirted machines, but of course larger cals would go through skirts like butter.
Bazookas go through skirts quite easily, perhaps skirts do give a tiny amount of protection against zooks but if so it wasn't enough to show up in the tests.
The Allied tanks didn't have skirts, so presumably they didn't think they were worth having.
Incidentally just for the record this is the full CM kill chance ratings chart-
Excellent
Very good
Good
OK
Fair
Low
Very low
Rare
None