Quote:
Originally Posted by Mobryan
One other tank to consider, though it has notable downsides: The T-18M. 45mm gun, CMG, 2 armor all around, it's not fast, but it sure is SLOW.  However, the 45mm sabot (which is 100% of the AP load  ) is a good performer against early german armor, it's small enough (size 2, IIRC) that even infantry have problems spotting it if it sits still with guns off, and it's very cheap, you can give each infantry section it's own tank. |
That 100% sabot load is probably an error.
Unit 170 - the original T-18 - has a puny 37mm gun. One of those where sabot is used in order to restrict the AP range to reflect how feeble the gun was, AP penetration-wise.
The T18m - unit 177 - on the other hand, uses the standard Soviet 45mm which is not a feeble AP performer and hence doesn't use sabot to reflect restricted performance of the standard AP round. Instead, sabot values for the 45mm gun (weapon 18) reflect the actual sabot round which, to my knowledge, wasn't introduced until sometime in 1942.
Once this possible error is corrected, the T-18m may loose some of its charm as an SP AT gun
Claus B