Heavy artillery hit to vechicle, but vechicle not destroyed ?!

[Marcello]

Originally Posted by Aeraaa

That's what I mean. I would expect the rounds to cause penetration, but not destruction (you know, lots of single *s whenever a round penetrated, but not the loss of the vehicle). But IIRC Sabot rounds usually knock out a light armored vehicle with the first hit. The AP rounds DEFINITELY knock out their enemy with the first hit, I remember that, but then they are rounds of a larger caliber than Sabots...

Well, as I said "some cases". The likelyhood that the sabot could hit something vital, even on a relatively "empty" APC is not small however. The engine/transmission won't like a sabot going throught it, damages in the fuel circuit may lead to fires, crew/controls might be hit directly, various combinations of the previous etc.
It might not lead to instant fireworks but it could still count as destroyed for game purposes. Obviously there is also a lot of abstraction going into a game such as this.