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[-] ComradeMonotreme@hexbear.net 51 points 1 week ago

I remember reading a account from a Soviet Tanker who preferred Shermans (from lend lease) because the main barrel ammunition they were supplied with didn't explode when it caught fire. But like next line was, hey they tell us the chemical engineers are reversing engineering that for the next batch for the T34s. Like even when there were flaws they were fixing them and improving.

[-] ThereRisesARedStar@hexbear.net 38 points 1 week ago

Dmitry Loza

I actually did some research on this a while ago, apparently soviet ammo used a more powerful explosive and that was why they detonated so frequently. So there was a trade off.

[-] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Probably good for the long ranges of the eastern front

[-] ThereRisesARedStar@hexbear.net 19 points 1 week ago

Oh, I mean the explosives, not the powder used to fire it at a target.

[-] REEEEvolution@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 week ago

Makes for bigger boom at the same weight. So more dead fascists.

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