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| '''Light''' - A [[Light Tanks|Light Tank]] | '''Light''' - A [[Light Tanks|Light Tank]] | |||
| ? | '''LOL''' - ''L''aughing ''O''ut ''L'' oud | + | '''LOL''' - ''L''aughing ''O''ut ''L''oud | |
| '''LOL-Traktor''' - The German Tier 1 Tank, The [[Leichtraktor]]. Although sometimes more recently used to mean any of the Tier 1 tanks. | '''LOL-Traktor''' - The German Tier 1 Tank, The [[Leichtraktor]]. Although sometimes more recently used to mean any of the Tier 1 tanks. | |||
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| '''Prem''' - Premium, can refer to premium accounts, premium tanks, premium shells, premium consumables, or even your garage. | '''Prem''' - Premium, can refer to premium accounts, premium tanks, premium shells, premium consumables, or even your garage. | |||
| ? | '''Rammer''' - A device that shortens the loading times on tanks, SPGs, and Tank | + | '''Rammer''' - A device that shortens the loading times on tanks, SPGs, and Tank Destoryer's. | |
| '''Ramming''' - To crash into another tank and thus damage it. | '''Ramming''' - To crash into another tank and thus damage it. | |||
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| '''AP''' - ''Armor Piercing'', ammunition type dedicated to penetrating enemy armor and thus disabling a tank. Often used as blanket term covering all various kinetic energy full-bore projectiles, "classic" AP shot was made of solid metal with no filler nor composite structure, relying only on its mass to penetrate and do sufficient damage to the enemy tank. While most WWII countries used ''APHE'', the United Kingdom preferred to use solid shot and while theoretically tests showed some difference in the internal damage of target tank, in real condition it usually did not matter. | '''AP''' - ''Armor Piercing'', ammunition type dedicated to penetrating enemy armor and thus disabling a tank. Often used as blanket term covering all various kinetic energy full-bore projectiles, "classic" AP shot was made of solid metal with no filler nor composite structure, relying only on its mass to penetrate and do sufficient damage to the enemy tank. While most WWII countries used ''APHE'', the United Kingdom preferred to use solid shot and while theoretically tests showed some difference in the internal damage of target tank, in real condition it usually did not matter. | |||
| ? | '''APCR''' - ''Armor Piercing, Composite, Rigid'', basic ''subcaliber'' armor-piercing ammunition. APCR body consisted of a penetrator, with significantly smaller diameter than the bore, and of light metal casing around it, to fill up the bore. The light metal part was non- | + | '''APCR''' - ''Armor Piercing, Composite, Rigid'', basic ''subcaliber'' armor-piercing ammunition. APCR body consisted of a penetrator, with significantly smaller diameter than the bore, and of light metal casing around it, to fill up the bore. The light metal part was non-detachable. Lighter mass gave the projectile higher muzzle velocity and higher penetration, however small sectional density gave by light weight, but full bore diameter, caused high drag and APCR lost velocity rapidly. APCR was used by all major players in WWII. | |
| '''HE''' - ''High Explosive'', generally used term for any shell whose primary damage mechanism comes from an explosion of its charge, as opposed to kinetic damage done by AP shells. There are multiple kinds of HE projectile, the most often used is probably ''HE-Frag''. In its basic sense, pure HE shell would have only thin walls and would create little fragmentation, relying on blast to do the damage - thus, HE shells were often designed against hardened positions etc. However, practice showed that HE-Frag can be almost as effective as pure HE, while having more effect against soft targets, and as He-Frag took over the role, it took over the designation as well. | '''HE''' - ''High Explosive'', generally used term for any shell whose primary damage mechanism comes from an explosion of its charge, as opposed to kinetic damage done by AP shells. There are multiple kinds of HE projectile, the most often used is probably ''HE-Frag''. In its basic sense, pure HE shell would have only thin walls and would create little fragmentation, relying on blast to do the damage - thus, HE shells were often designed against hardened positions etc. However, practice showed that HE-Frag can be almost as effective as pure HE, while having more effect against soft targets, and as He-Frag took over the role, it took over the designation as well. | |||
| ? | '''HEAT''' - ''High Explosive, Anti-Tank'', armor- | + | '''HEAT''' - ''High Explosive, Anti-Tank'', armor-piercing projectiles using hollow charge effect. Cup-shaped charge forms a thin jet of gases or of HEAT liner material, that travels at very high velocity. Contrary to kinetic energy AP, HEAT maintains the same penetration regardless of the shell velocity, so it was a popular choice for low-velocity guns and howitzers. However, WWII HEAT was often prone to failure and had usually short range. On the other hand it was cheap to produce - by the war's end, German tanks often carried a significant portion of their ammunition load in HEAT, replacing both AP and HE shells. | |
| '''Pzgr''' - ''Panzergranate'', German designation of kinetic energy (''AP'') projectiles. Usual designation for most frequently used shells was Pzgr.39 (''APCBC'') and Pzgr.40 (''APCR''). | '''Pzgr''' - ''Panzergranate'', German designation of kinetic energy (''AP'') projectiles. Usual designation for most frequently used shells was Pzgr.39 (''APCBC'') and Pzgr.40 (''APCR''). | |||
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