Yeah, it's one of those things I never understood why they didn't fix.
Maybe trees really did deflect AT shells back the day, and I'm just ignorant?
At least they finally did cave in and reduce the ability of bushes to block tank shells.
Don't you ever disrespect the Trees!
You're sure about the bushes? I forgot about that and or didn't notice, I'd swear I had a bush stopping some kind of shot the other day.
Although hitting the tree would probably not be good for it's penetrating power.
I think that only a 400 year old oak tree would significantly slow down an AP shell.
Instead of shots getting stopped cold when hitting a tree in this game, I'd prefer the shot getting a random chance to get deflected a bit on a random axis and getting a bit of the velocity subtracted (it already subtracts velocity like this when firing AP through a building).
This would mean that targets hiding immediately behind trees would still get hit, but if you fired through a forest to hit a target on the other side, there would be a chance that your shot would go astray.
I agree that a random deflection / no deflection could be much better compared to the current kryptonite oaks. However what to do with various kind of HE, HEAT, APHE shells, which also come in various calibres. And ATGMs? I sort of understand why they went with a more 'easy' decision
First time you see this?#3 went right down his barrel! If I can't get a kill, at least I can take out the main gun and force a bail-out by the crew.
@AVR and I are still at it in Final Blitz. Just had an exciting showdown between my M-10 and his Panther (not the same one that took out the half-track earlier).
The M-10 was using a burning half-track as cover and inching his way up towards a known Panther. Threw a smoke grenade for additional screening. JUST as the smoke cleared my M-10 crew spotted the Panther and cracked off 3 rounds in rapid succession. Possible penetration on round #1 (vital components hit?), a ricochet off the trunnion and #3 went right down his barrel! If I can't get a kill, at least I can take out the main gun and force a bail-out by the crew.
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