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Side and rear armor
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 1:06 pm
by mroyer
My PzKw III's were having a heck of a go facing down the Souma S35's last night in France. But, I managed to get up close behind one and voila, almost instant destruction. Did that happen because of my close range, the Souma's weaker rear armor or both?? (i.e., Does the game account for side and rear armor thickness and slope separately from front armor?)
-Mark R.
Re: Side and rear armor
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 2:53 pm
by pipfromslitherine
There are values for front/side/rear/top armour. We don't account for actual angles, they are factored into the values along with all the various other factors. But rear and flank attacks are always going to have a better pen chance than frontal.
Cheers
Pip
Re: Side and rear armor
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 3:15 pm
by mroyer
pipfromslitherine wrote:There are values for front/side/rear/top armour
Nice.
pipfromslitherine wrote:We don't account for actual angles, they are factored into the values along with all the various other factors.
Understood. In the end, the game accounts for it whether it's rolled up into one number or separately tracked.
Thanks for the explanation.
-Mark R.