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| '''Glacis''' - Highly sloped (at least relatively) part of front armor or (with later, all-sloped tanks) upper front armor. Sloped armor is intended to increase protection while reducing weight by using slope effect, works generally well against projectiles of similar caliber to glacis thickness. | '''Glacis''' - Highly sloped (at least relatively) part of front armor or (with later, all-sloped tanks) upper front armor. Sloped armor is intended to increase protection while reducing weight by using slope effect, works generally well against projectiles of similar caliber to glacis thickness. | |||
| ? | '''Hatch''' - Means to access crew seats in the tank. Whereas roof hatches are usually well hidden, driver's hatch is sometimes located on the tank '''glacis''' as on T-34. | + | '''Hatch''' - Means to access crew seats in the tank. Whereas roof hatches are usually well hidden, driver's hatch is sometimes located on the tank '''glacis''' as on the T-34. | |
| '''Idler Wheel''' - Part of the running gear of tank, idler wheel serves to propel the tracks. Damage to it can immobilise tank (see Wittmann's Villers-Bocage adventure). Especially important for changes in detracking mechanics in 6.4. | '''Idler Wheel''' - Part of the running gear of tank, idler wheel serves to propel the tracks. Damage to it can immobilise tank (see Wittmann's Villers-Bocage adventure). Especially important for changes in detracking mechanics in 6.4. | |||
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| ? | '''Automatic Cannon''' - Rapid-fire weapon of 20mm or larger caliber. Used in early-war light tanks to give them edge versus their ( | + | '''Automatic Cannon''' - Rapid-fire weapon of 20mm or larger caliber. Used in early-war light tanks to give them edge versus their (by then) machinegun-armed opponents. However, quick shell-vs-armor race left automatic cannons rapidly behind and used only by few specialised German reconnaissance vehicles. However, automatic cannons vastly expanded in the region of anti-aircraft defense. | |
| Typical examples: 20mm KwK 38, 20mm TNSh | Typical examples: 20mm KwK 38, 20mm TNSh | |||
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| '''HE-Frag''' - ''High Explosive-Fragmentation'' shells carry less explosive than pure ''HE'', but their thicker shell casing allows for higher muzzle velocities and creates more fragments. Modern HE-Frag often use pre-fragmented shell casing to increase effect in the target zone. | '''HE-Frag''' - ''High Explosive-Fragmentation'' shells carry less explosive than pure ''HE'', but their thicker shell casing allows for higher muzzle velocities and creates more fragments. Modern HE-Frag often use pre-fragmented shell casing to increase effect in the target zone. | |||
| ? | '''HEAT''' - ''High Explosive, Anti-Tank'', armor-piercign 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, | + | '''HEAT''' - ''High Explosive, Anti-Tank'', armor-piercign 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, replaing both AP and HE shells. | |
| '''Hlgr''' - ''Hohlladunggranate'', German designation for ''HEAT''. | '''Hlgr''' - ''Hohlladunggranate'', German designation for ''HEAT''. | |||
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