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Old April 27th, 2014, 08:04 AM
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Default Re: Artillery Guns and Howitzers with direct fire

Standard WW2 way to engage armour with the UK 5.5in field gun was to leave the blanking plug in the HE round and fire it unfused, so relying on the KE effect only.

Probably was similar to what other armies medium artillery did in WW2, but less useful post-war as tanks grew into MBTs.

Andy
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