#WAR THUNDER FORUM UPGRADE#

While the Battle of France did not incite Germany to quickly upgrade their armour and armament due to the small quantities of these kinds of tanks, the encounter with the T-34's in Operation Barbarossa came as a great shock due to the large number of T-34's available in Soviet inventory. The Germans, which mainly used vertical-faced armour on their Panzers, struggled to take these vehicles out due to their strong armour against their inadequate guns. The two vehicles made extensive usage of the concept of 'sloped armour', which increased the armour effective thickness due to the difference in the line-of-sight thickness (See 'Concepts' section). One of the perfect example is the French SOMUA S35 and the Soviet T-34. It was in this period that tank armour went through many technological advances. Tank armour in this period is separated by the three tank categories, light, medium, and heavy tanks. More armour means more weight on the tank and thus must be sparingly used to the tank mobility in acceptable margins. The tank arms race increased armament and armour, evident on the German Panzer IV when armour increased from the initial 14.5 mm in 1936 to 30 mm in 1938 before World War II broke out.Дuring World War II, tank armour played a huge part in tank design. This is demonstrated when Italian tankettes and German Panzer I's, armed with only machine guns and simple 13 mm armour, went up against the Soviet T-26, which had a 45 mm gun on its turret. However, experience in the Spanish Civil War showed that this concept leaves the tank vulnerable to heavier guns. During the interwar period, tank armour was prioritized on protection against firearms and artillery shrapnel. The armour on the tanks at its inception made them invulnerable to the basic small arms fire, a trait that broke the stalemate of the trench warfare in World War I.

Tank History Interwar periodДЄrmour plays a very important role on tanks as they were conceived by it. Important design features that dictate whether an aircraft design is more durable than others was in the airframe build quality, the air frame's ability to take damage, and adequate protections around vital components such as the engine, pilot, and fuel tanks. Other important areas that armour could be present on aircraft is around the engine. Though some armour plating are present in the back on some planes like the P-47, these were only thick enough for small calibers and serve more to slow down the incoming round so that it has little energy once it punches through. ДЄrmour for pilots are thus usually never beyond the usage of bullet-resistant glass on the cockpit that could provide protection against rifle calibre ammunition. Armour are often not taken into consideration in the design as armour constitutes more material and thus a heavier aircraft which would inhibit its performance due to weight penalty. Armour can be found in both air and ground vehicles in War Thunder and plays a very important role to the vehicle's survivability.ДЄrmour modifier applies to both types of penetrators, unless specified.Д®xternal composite armour with NERA elementsДЄrmour on aircraft are often minimum and focused on vital sections rather than on the overall airframe.

3.2.1.1 Calculating sloped armour effective thicknessДЄrmour is the basic defense an entity has against threats.

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