Update 1.13 CT1 - HE Shell Rework

HeatResistantBFG:  I'd say it's anything but the removal of the HE Shell, most of what made a HE shell a HE shell remains (high chance of damage, high damage on pens, etc) and some of these aspects have even been improved.Tracks do still offer some protection as they count as armour in the same way that they do for AP, which in fact is likely to offer MORE protection than with the previous mechanic Example situation(s)  A KV-2 shoots your tracks, they have 86mm of pen, you have 75mm of side armour. With the old mechanic, penetration is worked out based on the lowest armour within the splash of the point of impact, with the new one it's following the path of trajectory and has similar penetration mechanics to AP. So the results in the following would go something like   Shot from near 180 (side scraping perhaps) Current = Medium to High damage received New = Little to no damage received Shot from around 135 Current = High damage received New = Little to Medium damage received (if hit the armour they could pen) Shot from around 90 Current = High damage received New = Medium to High damage received (if you hit tracks they will potentially add enough armour to not pen, but hit the sides and you will pen) Shot from around 45 Current = Medium to High damage received New = Little to Medium damage received (if hit the armour they could pen)    so it would seem that tracks will offer more protection in most situations and not less. 

HeatResistantBFG:  

HeatResistantBFG:  So with HESH being a HE round the two 183 guns will do less damage consistently hitting strong armour, but they will also pen more consistently and in situations with screens, it will often do more damage and now has the chance to penetrate. Testing so far shows that across the board this equals out the average damage So expect lower damage on those shots that don't pen, but to pen more often