Question: AA with AP rounds vs. Armor

[gabeeg]

Fellas,

I bought a Russian 25mm AA battery to act as AA against low/mid air-strikes and also since it came with a small number of rounds of AP ammo I thought it would be decent emergency AT. The issue I am running into is that when direct firing at armor (PzIII's and 222's) it is only using HE rounds. I do not recall reading anywhere that guns marked AAA were restricted to not using AP against ground targets...did I miss it? I did a quick search of the forums and found nothing. I swear in the past I have successfully used AA guns with AP ammo against armor...but maybe I dreamt it. Any info or clarifications greatly appreciated, thanks!

[Griefbringer]

AA guns can certainly use AP ammo against ground targets, I have enough brewed up scout vehicles to testify for that.

At what range are you engaging those targets? If you are at longer range, then there is a possibility that the computer selects the HE ammo in preference of the AP ammo, due to the later having poor penetration at longer ranges.

[gabeeg]

I do not recall the exact distance but I believe the targets were between 400-600 meters. That seems within range but it is a smaller caliber so you might be right...

[DRG]

It was probably just over 650 meters, at that range that weapon has zero chance to penetrate so HE would have been selected

Don