EU Questions & Answers

monter2, on 21 February 2012 - 03:25 PM, said: Hello Overlord,
I'd like to thank you for this effort to keep community informed.
My question is why shooting lower glacis from below always results in ricoshet, when the angle is close to 90 degrees? It should always penetrate.
You can picture this situation: Map is Mines, i am in IS-4 with S-70 below the hill, but not close to the ledge. An E-75, on the hill pokes from above, clearly exposing his lower glacis. He stays horizontal, and does not move over the ledge to try to hit me - he aims at somebody in base. I raise the gun and point it cleanly at lower glacis. I am thinking "the angle is certainly greater than when we are on same level, i'll penetrate for sure". I fire! "We just dinged them..."