Definitely the easiest to understand video on ammo I’ve seen, well done! This video should always be pinned on your channel page if you can do that. Only thing you missed out in this video is a little more discussion on premium AP ammo (mostly used by Japanese tanks, although the KV-2 and SU-100Y use it too). It is an odd one since Japanese premium AP works like a lesser version of APCR, more pen for less damage - but Soviet premium AP works differently, less pen for more damage! Agree with you about disliking HEAT compared to APCR. I once suggested to WG on the forums that they compensate for the obstacle detonation and spaced armour penetration limitations of HEAT damage by reversing the -15% damage reduction for it. IMO HEAT should do the full 100% damage that it used to, same as AP. That would make HEAT-firing tanks attractive once again.
Tim Smith Thing is, HEAT’s excellent for flat, thick enemy armour. The lack of normalisation for HEAT allows it to bounce off angled surfaces (40+ degrees angled) more easily... Personally, good positioning allows for better shots, so whether it’s APCR or HEAT, it doesn’t matter much.
LF thank you! Great job on explaining ammo. Been playing blitz for about 5 years now had to figure all this out myself. Will help the new members a lot. Again well done video especially the editing and slowmo on shots!
Well done. Been with WG since 2014 and I still learned a few things I wasn't aware of. Keep it up. Need to get your channel listed in the related channel listings of the other sites. i.e. Bushka etc. Your content is great so you should be at 5K subscribers. there are a lot of new players as you know that need the info you provide. The description of this Ammo explained video is the best I have seen.
Real good video. Little too much for my old mind at the beginning. I really liked the in play along with the replaying of the same situations in the training room! Thanks for all you videos! o7
Excellent info! Just as a little FYI for those that might care, the SU-100Y is a bit if an exception to the prammo rule. Its prem ammo does more damage and less pen. Not sure why that is or who will benefit from that info, but there it is.
Yeah. I didn't make it very clear that there are several tanks whose premium ammo has less penetration but does more damage. Primarily the British tanks with HESH, but there are several others as well.
@@LittlefingeronWOTBlitz your video was very informative and clear! I wasnt meaning to sound rude or trying to point out an error, I just often forget about the specific peculiarities of some of the tanks and thought I would mention it for anybody who didn't notice on their own. I have used hesh (or the vast majority of the tanks in the game) so I'm sure there are tons of other exceptions I don't know about.
A very good video describing ballistics to an extent and explaining which type of shell to use. In all my three years of being with WoT Blitz, I've not come across HESH shells. HE is clearly high explosive, but what is "HESH" please? This must be obvious to most, but please tell me.
Hey LittleFinger, the three calibers rule states the following: when the shell caliber is higher than three times the armor plate’s thickness, the shell disregards any calculations and goes through. Calculations don’t occur at that state. Great video though!
Your vids have been very helpful and very concise, thank you. Silly question: is there a way for me to enter a training room by myself but with an opposing dummy tank to practice armor pen etc?
Good video. How do you able to do stimulator run with a real tank? I'm still considered myself a new player. I train mostly on t4 tanks. This mean I never have seen He shell before and what's for xD
Lost a game using HE against a very HO tank half water. The shell went into the water and did very low low damage and then the red bastard shot me twice on my reload.
Tank__ Reeper It depends on the tank. For example, the Tiger’s side armour may be strong at 82mm, but the area behind the tracks is 60mm, leading to many failed bounces. Typically, search up armour models of the tank that you have. For example, the Tiger I has a strong mantlet, but an exposed turret front. Not taking any chances, I usually just expose the gun mantlet and move around between reloads to keep my cupola a harder target. Then, you have the IS. The hull frontally is weak, while the turret’s cheeks are easy to hit. However, with the frontally mounted turret, it’s easier to angle around a city (backwards)without exposing the rear or the turret front for too long. For LT, if you’re getting chased around by a derp tank, give your side to the enemy. Reason being: tracks cover a lot of your side, and once they hit the track, those KV-2s will only do 350-400 dmg as compared to the 960 avg. As a whole, staying hull down should help in most tanks, but checking the armour models online should give you an idea of the intricacies of a tank’s armour, with how to defeat one and how to command one firmly in your grasp.
Good vid but some of these rules dont apply anymore h.e. use to explode on impact no matter the angle , it will bounce now cant remember what update this happened wargaming has never said anything about this but fire enough h.e. and u will get a bounce. And lately have had games where the 3 caliber rule did not apply when it should have and i bounced..
He is worthless to shoot unless you have a huge caliber gun and even then if you do the math it’s usually not worth the risk. Too many times it gets eaten by tracks or doesn’t pen to get the additional damage.
I was quite surprised how 152mm gun bounced from top of an IS 6, it is like 30mm thick, you can overmatch it with 90mm guns if you know IS 6 is not running enhanced armour, GREAT EXPLANATION
On Blitz you do - assuming that it's DAMAGE that you ment, not penetration - lose on average damage made per shot when shooting it as your PREMIUM ammo. They nerfed it for reasons found on Blitz forums... Also APCR does lose penn if shooting over long distances, this is due to the nature of the shells, again found in the forums easily it the wiki found on the Blitz website..
Only use HE when you have to and you only have to in a high caliber gun. HE on average will always screw you over. The low rolls far outweigh the benefits of those high rolls .
Wargaming should make this video mandatory viewing by all blitz players. Great vid...best I’ve seen explaining the ammo mechanics.
Ikr i see a lot of inexperienced players always shooting the wrong shell type to the enemy
+1 --- Great content.
I'm still considered myself a new player.
I train mostly on t4 tanks. This mean I never have seen He shell before and what's for xD
good vid!
anggael !!!
Yeah
We need lolz
Godam that profile pic...
Hoy
KV-2 is the nightmare for light tank user
(i am)
great vid and easy to understand specialy HEAT ammo
Definitely the easiest to understand video on ammo I’ve seen, well done! This video should always be pinned on your channel page if you can do that.
Only thing you missed out in this video is a little more discussion on premium AP ammo (mostly used by Japanese tanks, although the KV-2 and SU-100Y use it too). It is an odd one since Japanese premium AP works like a lesser version of APCR, more pen for less damage - but Soviet premium AP works differently, less pen for more damage!
Agree with you about disliking HEAT compared to APCR. I once suggested to WG on the forums that they compensate for the obstacle detonation and spaced armour penetration limitations of HEAT damage by reversing the -15% damage reduction for it. IMO HEAT should do the full 100% damage that it used to, same as AP. That would make HEAT-firing tanks attractive once again.
Tim Smith
Thing is, HEAT’s excellent for flat, thick enemy armour.
The lack of normalisation for HEAT allows it to bounce off angled surfaces (40+ degrees angled) more easily...
Personally, good positioning allows for better shots, so whether it’s APCR or HEAT, it doesn’t matter much.
Qin Hang: APCR is good for thick, flat enemy armour too, so that’s not a special advantage for HEAT.
LF thank you!
Great job on explaining ammo. Been playing blitz for about 5 years now had to figure all this out myself.
Will help the new members a lot.
Again well done video especially the editing and slowmo on shots!
WOW, well done LF . Your vids are always so informative . I recommend you often to people in game .
Best ammo review I hav seen on a very complicated topic. Lots to remember.
One of the best reviews I have seen on ammo.
Well done, and thanks LF😃
Well done. Been with WG since 2014 and I still learned a few things I wasn't aware of. Keep it up.
Need to get your channel listed in the related channel listings of the other sites. i.e. Bushka etc. Your content is great so you should be at 5K subscribers. there are a lot of new players as you know that need the info you provide. The description of this Ammo explained video is the best I have seen.
Awesome breakdown. Been with with wotb since it's inception. Learned a lot!
Real good video. Little too much for my old mind at the beginning. I really liked the in play along with the replaying of the same situations in the training room! Thanks for all you videos! o7
I'm a new player this has been soooooo helpful. I had no idea what to use and when to use it. Ty!!
A definite must see video ! WG needs to hire you as a customer education director.
Great video finger very informative yeah I just got the BL10 on the ISU 152 HE is a big part of my load out I luv those 1000+ damage rolls thanks bro
I tore apart an SP in my rudy with HE and he called me nub for spaming HE and hiting him for 300 every 4.5 seconds😂
That's one of a handful of tanks that you can pretty reliably shoot HE at and blow them to bits :D
@@monkeydude3987 haha oh yeah, 10mm of armor is literally nothing hahaha
Excellent info!
Just as a little FYI for those that might care, the SU-100Y is a bit if an exception to the prammo rule. Its prem ammo does more damage and less pen. Not sure why that is or who will benefit from that info, but there it is.
Yeah. I didn't make it very clear that there are several tanks whose premium ammo has less penetration but does more damage. Primarily the British tanks with HESH, but there are several others as well.
@@LittlefingeronWOTBlitz your video was very informative and clear! I wasnt meaning to sound rude or trying to point out an error, I just often forget about the specific peculiarities of some of the tanks and thought I would mention it for anybody who didn't notice on their own.
I have used hesh (or the vast majority of the tanks in the game) so I'm sure there are tons of other exceptions I don't know about.
This has to be the best explanation of ammo that I have seen
Great vid, all greens should watch this! ;)
“premium ammo does 15% less damage than standard ammo”
*X to doubt*
Yeah heat shells ate pretty strong
I want to believe that he meant APCR
As usual amazing video! I would also have liked to the premium AP rounds.
GREAT video Littlefinger!! I particularly like how you recreate a situation in a training room after the battle - this is all incredibly helpful!! :-)
Great for new players, totally agree this should be in instruction videos in wotb. Great job mate!
Excellent tutorial ! Thanks!!
Clear and concise. Well done . . .
Very informative and to the point I wish more like this where out there.👌
A very good video describing ballistics to an extent and explaining which type of shell to use. In all my three years of being with WoT Blitz, I've not come across HESH shells. HE is clearly high explosive, but what is "HESH" please? This must be obvious to most, but please tell me.
Hey LittleFinger, the three calibers rule states the following: when the shell caliber is higher than three times the armor plate’s thickness, the shell disregards any calculations and goes through. Calculations don’t occur at that state. Great video though!
Excellent explanation of ammo!
Nice video, thank you for spending your time to make & share this post. I’m a subscriber now. ;)
Great video! Your vids just keep getting better. GG
Another great vid littlefinger
I liked ur video great job..... I learned more stuff about the Ammunition mechanics thanks!!!
Very useful and helpful thank you
Very Nice vid!! Congratulations
awesome guide
Thank you. This was very educational
Extremely helpful
Extra tip, most American tanks have really thin armor behind, even med tank HE can pen their back.
Oh, High-Explosive Squash Head is it? Which tanks use it?
What tanks are able to have heat and hesh shells?
Where the premium AP like in the derp kv2 or ho ri?
when im run out of AP shells, i always accidentaly use all my APCR shells, and thats makes me wonder, "why is my damage is decreased?"
You see apcr has high chance of piercing armour the apcr shells are supposed to penetrate not decimate they are useful against very amoured tanks
What is shell normalization and how does it work?
Why does KV1 does not have AP shells after an upgrade in turret
Well done !
The Heat and Hesh rounds does not show for my tanks, any reason why? Thanks!
FYI each tank is given specific type of ammo.
Hesh ammo only available for fv183,fv4202 and centurion mk7
I can't find a video on utube on penning he in a light maybe u could bro one but I thought your suppose to shoot above tracks
2:47 the apcr decreases more than apcr?
Always helpful, thank you.
I always have bad luck shooting HE. 🤦♂️
Try KV2 on the move for the best accuracy
@@jessevonk2836 bigger the aim circle better the results!
@Elite Noob
more speed = more round velocity.. thus, it will have more penetration value
Yeah sometimes it happens because of low shell velocity HE needs patience specially if you are driving KV-2
love your videos man
Should do camo values...think with newest update feels like it changed. As soon as I light off a round in my rhm it's over for me
But why sometimes the shell ricochets and deals damage anyway?
Your vids have been very helpful and very concise, thank you. Silly question: is there a way for me to enter a training room by myself but with an opposing dummy tank to practice armor pen etc?
I was wondering the same
on mine, ammo is on the right side number. 1 2 3. Just hit the key number and you switch.
Would u use heat on the type 62 ?
is their an advantage to playing on a tablet over a computer? or vice versa
Here comes Littlefinger in his M4A3E6 Sherman coming down the battlefield
Holy crap did I learn some lessons here.
Good video.
How do you able to do stimulator run with a real tank?
I'm still considered myself a new player.
I train mostly on t4 tanks. This mean I never have seen He shell before and what's for xD
good video but forget about ghost shells
Wat
This isnt gay thunder
Wow. Great info.
Very very helpful i thank you
I feel like HE and HESH are best with derp guns, T49, Rhm, KV2, etc... the ones that have high damage and pen.
What should i use for a kv4?
a platoon partner to stay close to you....
Great vid, thanks
Lost a game using HE against a very HO tank half water. The shell went into the water and did very low low damage and then the red bastard shot me twice on my reload.
How about HEP ?? on Ru 251 and Black bulldog (tier 8)
Works same way as HE I think
It's just the fancy underling of hesh
I keep missing the target. That's how I leave a lot of hit points on the table.
If you got a annoying sidescraper that isnt taking damage use HE to startle the opponent
Tip - learn to use HE shells in tier 5 Pz 4 👍🏻
Pz4 does not have derp 105 anymore. The 75mm HE is not great for a 40 dmg increase.
Great advice
Well done, thanks
Great video
As always, great information! Now let's learn to angle and get bounces please.
Tank__ Reeper
It depends on the tank.
For example, the Tiger’s side armour may be strong at 82mm, but the area behind the tracks is 60mm, leading to many failed bounces.
Typically, search up armour models of the tank that you have. For example, the Tiger I has a strong mantlet, but an exposed turret front. Not taking any chances, I usually just expose the gun mantlet and move around between reloads to keep my cupola a harder target.
Then, you have the IS.
The hull frontally is weak, while the turret’s cheeks are easy to hit. However, with the frontally mounted turret, it’s easier to angle around a city (backwards)without exposing the rear or the turret front for too long.
For LT, if you’re getting chased around by a derp tank, give your side to the enemy. Reason being: tracks cover a lot of your side, and once they hit the track, those KV-2s will only do 350-400 dmg as compared to the 960 avg.
As a whole, staying hull down should help in most tanks, but checking the armour models online should give you an idea of the intricacies of a tank’s armour, with how to defeat one and how to command one firmly in your grasp.
@@theextratank7792 but if you hit rear of IS it will get 1k damage from KV-2 gun
What is the full form of HESH?
High explosive squash head
Good vid but some of these rules dont apply anymore h.e. use to explode on impact no matter the angle , it will bounce now cant remember what update this happened wargaming has never said anything about this but fire enough h.e. and u will get a bounce. And lately have had games where the 3 caliber rule did not apply when it should have and i bounced..
Is that a special KV-2 or is it Camo?
it is the premium camo
@@LittlefingeronWOTBlitz Thanks for the response man. :)
What tank got HESH
HESH, isn't used till higher tier tanks.
Only british tank
Aren’t there two types of AP?
He is worthless to shoot unless you have a huge caliber gun and even then if you do the math it’s usually not worth the risk. Too many times it gets eaten by tracks or doesn’t pen to get the additional damage.
You forgot premium ap. Does more damage but less pen
Didn't wg made a better rng of +15/-15 than +25/-25 several patches earlier?
I was quite surprised how 152mm gun bounced from top of an IS 6, it is like 30mm thick, you can overmatch it with 90mm guns if you know IS 6 is not running enhanced armour, GREAT EXPLANATION
Btw HE and HEAT dont ricochet they both do splash
I don't think you lose penn on the PC version on APCR, why on blitz? If so, inform me :P
On Blitz you do - assuming that it's DAMAGE that you ment, not penetration - lose on average damage made per shot when shooting it as your PREMIUM ammo. They nerfed it for reasons found on Blitz forums... Also APCR does lose penn if shooting over long distances, this is due to the nature of the shells, again found in the forums easily it the wiki found on the Blitz website..
@@yaragi yes that's what I meant.
@@yaragi good to know. I'm new to blitz
When the shell cross a wall?
The pen can be lower?
Only use HE when you have to and you only have to in a high caliber gun. HE on average will always screw you over. The low rolls far outweigh the benefits of those high rolls .
Hope new players see this video .
i hope they add those ammunition like from War Thunder
Hate to be that guy but i beleive kv 2 gun is 150mm not 152.
The bast video ever for blitz noobs come here
I got all tier 5 to 7 tanks before the tanks 5.5 disappearance
500 likes and 100 comments nice
You skip HESH part
This is too big brain for me. Explain it to me like I’m a 5 year old please😅...
Premium ammo does not lose alpha welcome to the su100y
And ISU130
Ur a legend bro love ur vids man
I’m fairly new… what’s Alpha?
Alpha is single shot damage
Woe is me...
I one shot a sp 1 c with my 152 LOL😂😂
Im here struggling to get 2million and you have 45million lol