Churchill CS and DD

[tribal45]

This tank one shot DD with APHE at long range... (1-2km).

Sure DD have no reason to get so close..but still. i am not sure it should be this way

 

[tribal45]

i mean when you shoot in the middle near water line, to be more precise..i think fuel tank is here, (not sure) but anyway thoses shells seems to penetrate a lot given there low velocity and explosive charge... it s a DD weighting several times more than a tank, and it s not a naval or AT gun.

Edited February 21, 2019 by tribal45

[MWHITMAN]

If I remember correctly the hull armour of the Destroyer is only 80mm, so a lot of things can penetrate that. There is a picture kicking around that shows the internal damage model.

[Hardlead]

The destroyers have no armor.

10-15 mm mild steel.

Easy to take out a DD in game with a Tiger or 88 at 3-4 km.

Edited February 21, 2019 by Hardlead

[TR6AL]

DD's should not be anywhere near the shore .. if they die to an atg or tank they deserve it .

Flak 28 / Bofors should be able to kill them also. 

Too many DD's camping towns in a very unrealistic way .

[Merlin51]

On 2/21/2019 at 0:55 PM, Hardlead said:

The destroyers have no armor.

10-15 mm mild steel.

This.
Destroyers are light NON armored ships
They are not designed to directly engage with things on land firing some form of AP.
That is why they have long range 5 inch guns

Er also, Churchill CS tank does not have any APHE, or any AP at all
It only shoots HE rounds, which should not be/are not of sufficient size to injure the DD, except perhaps hurt a gun crew, most likely the AA guns
I was not able to hurt or sink the DD when i tested, could not even get the 3 or 3.5 inch inch through the deck

At 2000m i was not able to hurt anything but gun crew with the 6pdr if it was a non cs churchill
that is also not APHE though, just solid AP

[jwilly]

Here's the damage model. The hull-internal colored volumes are magazines, engines, boilers, and "fuel tank".