EU Questions & Answers

PzB, on 29 September 2011 - 08:20 PM, said: Hi,
Question about gun barrels:
Is the gun barrel just a decoration in Wot?
When a gun barrel is above a tank hits are still scored.
I know gun barrels can't get stuck in building etc because of how the game engine works.
To me it also seems like players for all practical purposes can use the gun mantlet as aiming point and not the tip of the barrel?
If so, would it be possible to do something about this in a future patch or do we have to live with this as well?
Here's an example: 1min53 sec into the video a Løwe fires and hits my tank even though the barrel is above and beyond the rear end of my tank. The muzzle blast also appears after the hit explosion....!-)
Also a still of the shot as it fires and hits.
Firing and hitting while the gun barrel is inside a tank is borderline but firing and hitting when gun barrel isn't even on target is a tad much, no?