Hello Today I played around with some mods and the original Free 8.8cm Flak 18 from the base game I noticed that the Flak "puffs" look much better on the modded guns and that this is a effect defined by the explosive filler used so I checked how much filler is used in the original 8.8cm guns from the base game its 698g for the "Spr.Gr.39" There however is 2 issues with that: The value of 698g is wrong According to GERMAN EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE (PROJECTILES AND PROJECTILE FUZES) from 1953 there is no "Spr.Gr.39" listed so that name is simply false. the 88mm round listed for the Flak 18/36/37 for AA use is the 8.8-cm Sprgr. L/4.5 Zt. Z with a 2 pound (~1kg) Explosive charge How to fix: Change the 2 lines in the Ammunition.LUA file Bursting charge from 0.698 to 1.0 Name from Spr.Gr.39 to Sprgr. L/4.5 or Sprgr. L/4.5 Zt. Z Now why do I say 1.0 as mass and not the proper 0.907? thats quite simple when you go beyond 1kg explosive filler you get the nicer looking black smoke puffs that also last a little longer, this would greatly enhance the immersion of getting shot at by Heavy AA Base 8.8cm Smoke puffs without editing: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/269535523922509826/828662206786306068/700g_filler.gif compared to the accurate 1kg filler: (everything else is the same, I only changed the value from 0.698 to 1.0) https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/269535523922509826/828662076854632478/1kg_filler.gif Next reason to use a value above 1kg is the chemistry of Amatol 60/40, it has a 1.22 RE factor, meaning it is 22% stronger than the same mass of TNT so a 907g Amatol charge has the same effect as a 1.1kg TNT charge This small change in the code would increase the visuals and immersion of players by quite a bit Best regards Iron_physik

reported 8.8cm Flak 18/37/41 Wrong projectile name and explosive filler

By Iron_physik
April 5, 2021 in Weapon Bugs

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Go to solution Solved by Groove, April 6, 2021

Posted April 6, 2021

21 minutes ago, Groove said:

Iron_Physik and i had a good talk today. We will update the TNT filler to 785 grams.

Thanks for the good call, Iron

can confirm

785g is a good middle ground and well sourced

the VFX department then just needs to fix their error

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