Improving German vehicles

WhiteHyena, on 31 January 2011 - 07:49 PM, said: Slight edit;
but atm. its like Russian Guns = more pen more dmg and same RoF
On a more serious note, I know the devs are fixing the Mudguard issue on the Maus but what about the side armour? What I mean by that is, the whole issue with the mudguards is that all the shell is hitting is the track, so it shouldn't damage the tank itself which it currently does.. but that can be said for the lower side of the Maus armour too, can't it? The Red line on the pic below is the area of side armour I'm talking about here.
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You look at a cross section of a Maus, to damage the hull from a lower side shot, the shell would have to go through the armour and then through the entire track/wheel layout before it actually reaches the hull, so just like with the mudguards, why is it when someone hits you in the lower section of your side armour, you lose HP?
It could also be noted that when you look at another cross-section of the Maus, even if a shell does manage to get through the lower side armour and the track/wheels it still then has to penetrate a second layer of armour 80mm thick. You put all that together, surely damaging the Maus' hull from a low side-shot should be impossible?.. or at least, harder than it currently is.
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