Proper Penetration Mechanics for Ground Vehicles

Hi Guys,

One fairly hefty improvement that I've been wanting to get out there for quite a while is penetration mechanics i.e. what actually happens when a shell penetrates a ground vehicle etc. At the moment in DCS we have a basic arithmetic point scoring system, whereby when a projectile hits the tank/vehicle etc it deducts a number of health points - when the health reaches 0% the vehicle is destroyed.

What we need to see is individual components being damaged and destroyed and then using that as a basis for vehicle destruction. For example, I can hit anywhere on a tank pretty much and take it out with one shot no matter where the shell lands (providing I can hit accurately :thumbup:). What should happen is that when a shell lands on a target where it hits, and the internal damage needs to be modeled (like war thunder etc).

The same can be applied for ships but obviously a ship is destroyed when it is unable to perform any tasks and is critically damaged (resulting in a ship being scuttled) but ultimately when water enters the ship uncontrollably, causing it to sink.

A different approach from modelling internal damage is even more simple - component damage, which we have to an extent on ships, however this could do with some more work (I find myself being spiked from a ship even though the mast housing the air search radar is not there. The same though could be applied to tanks, tracks becoming damaged, engine, turret drives etc. Though ideally I'd rather have a system like War Thunder does with it's tanks.

Cheers,

Ollie