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Originally Posted by 95th Rifleman
Hmm from a Twilight war perspective wouldn't TPDS be a valid alternative to SABOT and HEAT for use against things like BTRs and BMPs?
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It was always there to be used against light armored vehicles.
The chief issues with TPDS, is that its peak performance falls off rapidly over 500 meters. And the quaility control of the penetrator is not as exact. Shooting a standard NATO tank target, it was considered to be good performance if the TPDS round hits within 1-meter of the aiming point. That's a lot of error when engaging a real life vehicle, just enough to insure that the round may fail to penetrate or bounce off. The service rounds are made to a higher standard, I have seen tanks shoot groups as tight as 8 inches with warshots.