Ammunition is the basic firepower of every plane or vehicle, whether it be offensive or defensive in utilization. All aircraft and ground units in War Thunder use ammunition to some extent (excluding some of the jet bombers). There are varying ammunition types and calibers, ranging from 7,62 mm rifle caliber rounds to 152 mm howitzer shells.

Aircraft

Ammunition belt types

Currently there are six principal types of ammunition in-game, featuring slightly different shell types depending on nation: Universal, Air Targets, Tracer, Night, Ground Targets and Stealth.

Universal ammunition is generally suitable for any engagement.

Air Targets ammunition is used for destroying air targets more effectively and will often prove itself useful against non-armored ground units like trucks and MG emplacements.

Tracer ammunition is useful for newer players, because it allows you to see where your shots are travelling more easily than other ammunition belts, allowing for easier aiming. This ammunition type generally does little damage on >20mm, however some nations' machine gun rounds have got very dangerous incendiary tracer belts e.g. the Brownings is notorious for setting fuel tanks ablaze.

Comparison of Universal and Night tracer ammo belts for the German MK 108 30mm cannon. The Night belt is on the right.

Night ammunition is a variation of tracer ammunition where the tracer isn't as bright, to help prevent flash blindness and preserve the pilot's night vision. Night battles are rare in War Thunder, but once in it, the usual tracer rounds shine bright like lasers in the sky, showing every pilot the location of a dogfight. A severe disadvantage in Realistic and Simulator mode.

Ground Targets ammunition is recommended for killing ground units, or more heavily armored aircraft, as it features mostly armor piercing rounds which more effectively defeat armor than other shell types.

Stealth ammunition is used by more experienced players, because the bullets fired cannot be seen by the shooter or the target, since the belt does not contain any tracer rounds. This is useful for ambushing enemies, as they can't see when you are firing at them until they have received damage. Stealth can be used easily in Arcade Mode, due to the lead indicating reticule.

Different nations may have the same basic ammunition belts, however these will generally contain slightly different shell types in different ratios, depending on what aircraft you are flying.

Ammunition types

Most of the ammunition types are self-explanatory, but there is some confusion over a few of the types. Let's go through them one-by-one

Incendiary(I), Adjustment incendiary(AI), and Immediate-action incendiary(IAI) rounds sound all very similar but all affect the enemy vessel differently upon impact.

Incendiary(I) will sets engines and fuel tanks on fire, if hit often enough and if the armour screen many planes have is penetrated. They often feature tracer chemicals (IT) at their bottom which also has tends to have incendiary properties.
Adjustment incendiary(AI) shells feature a capped nose which upon impact will deform (like dough) and allow the rest of the bullet more contact area. With the affect of normalization now taking place, the shell will angle itself better for the armour penetration. Especially on the sleek beam (tail of the aircraft) and wings surface from 6 o'clock (behind) smaller calibres will bounce off even from 1mm of duralumin. The "Adjustment incendiary" suffers less from this problem, otherwise it works just like a normal incendiary round. Note: Only incendiary shells use this as they rely on penetrating the target to do their work. HE, FI and other explosive shell types have contact fuzes and will just explode upon contect, circumventing the needs to penetrate.
Immediate-action incendiary(IAI) is not an incendiary shell. It's a small calibre HE-I round. It explodes on impact which can be seen with the MG131's stealth belt.

The composition of "Practice shell" type differs for most nations. In general they ar just full core rounds, which means they possess decent penetration depth against armour (but less than AP) and have good disable damaging values against non-flamable heavy modules like engines, fuel leaks and radiators (better than standard AP). However against soft targets (control surfaces, crewmen) they prove themself inferior to area of effect shells like HE-I, HEF and FI-T. Compared to incendiary rounds they posses more instant damage while the latter will do more damage over time.

A type that may be unfamiliar to players is the Armor-piercing (cermet core) round, used by some german ammo belts like the 15mm cannon n the Russian 12.7 ammo belts are very common. This round has a tough inner core made of a composite material composed of ceramic (cer) and metallic (met) materials, which give it enhanced armor penetration characteristics.

Machine gun bullets

Ball - Omni-purpose
T - Tracer
I - Incendiary
IT - Incendiary tracer
AI - Adjustment incendiary
IAI - Immediate-action incendiary
AP - Armor-piercing
AP-I - Armor-piercing incendiary
AP-I(c) - Armor-piercing (cermet core)
AP-T - Armor-piercing tracer
API-T - Armor-piercing incendiary tracer

Common HMG comparison belts

Glossary

Please note this is still in the alpha stage and all the bugs in the data mining code have not been worked out yet. The data this was done on is not necessarily up to date.

Disclaimer:
Displayed information is under constant review. Game mechanics can and will change. The Wikipedia crew can not and does not guarantee up to date values. Rating values are not a real-life representation of effects or damage and have been modified/simplified for viewer readability and satisfaction.

Projectile properties:
'Mostly self-explanatory. The field's colour represents the ingame's tracer colour.
Fuse sensitivity (This is a common source for "sparkles") is the threshold thickness required to set off an explosive charge. Average thicknesses are >1mm for duralumin, >0.1 for wood and >0.01 for canvas. The shell can pass through an aircraft without being set off, or only trigger after passing through the second layer and explode almost harmlessly outside the plane.

Physical projectile:
Damage rating uses statistical maximum (removing outliers) of all weapons of caliber up to Mk103 Minengeschoss as 100 unit fixpoint.
Fire rating also includes the projectile's penetration, it however does not include the ability of HE to cause fires. A fire rating of 0 does not mean it can not cause fires just means it's has the minimum chance.
Optimal gives the range at which kinetic striking power is halved.

High explosive:
Damage rating is the possible average damage (uses statistical maximum (removing outliers) of all weapons of caliber up to Mk103 for 100 unit fixpoint) over the maximum HE-radius
Radius. volumetric blast distance. Everything in the radius receives damage.

Fragmentation:
Damage rating is representation of total combined damage weighed against the chance of a fragment to hit an object inside the radius (uses statistical maximum (removing outliers) of all weapons of caliber up to Mk103 for 100 unit fixpoint).
Radius is the maximum travel range of the shrapnel fragments; Not everything in the radius receives damage, this can be because of luck or the fragment was stopped by something before it reached the target

Common HMG

Weapon information

Gun name	Rate of fire (r/min)	Maximum dispersion at 500m (m)	Time to high chance of jamming (sec)
Berezin UB	798	1.31	10.70
Mg131	900	2.09	10.70
Breda	700	1.48	15.70
M3	1200	0.87	15.70
M2	696	1.83	14.70
M2late	768	0.87	15.70
M2RAF	750	1.83	15.70
Mg15115	750	2.44	10.70
Ho103	900	1.48	15.70
type3	798	1.83	10.70

Belt comparison

Gun name	Type	Caliber	Tracer	Sensitivity	Delay	100m	250m	500m	750m	1000m	Damage Rating	Fire Rating	Damage Rating	Radius	Damage Rating	Radius
Gun name	Type	Properties		Fuse [ min : max ]		Maximum penetration in mm					Physical projectile		High explosive		Fragmentation
Berezin UB	⌛∫Default	12.7mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.00 : 0.00] m	26.53	24.67	18.00	15.50	13.00	27.95	15.16	0.04	0.10m	7.18	0.20m
Berezin UB	⌛∫universal	12.7mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.00 : 0.00] m	25.00	21.63	16.00	14.00	12.00	19.61	53.71	0.08	0.10m	14.36	0.20m
Berezin UB	⌛∫air targets	12.7mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.00 : 0.00] m	25.00	21.63	16.00	14.00	12.00	29.29	52.49	0.04	0.10m	7.18	0.20m
Berezin UB	⌛∫ground targets	12.7mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.00 : 0.00] m	27.00	21.63	16.00	14.00	12.00	30.12	51.18	0.03	0.10m	5.75	0.20m
Berezin UB	⌛∫all tracers	12.7mm	yes	[ : ] mm	[ : ] m	15.00	13.88	12.00	10.50	9.00	35.67	37.75	0.00	0.00m	0.00	0.00m
Berezin UB	⌛∫stealth	12.7mm	no	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.00 : 0.00] m	25.00	21.63	16.00	14.00	12.00	27.16	57.40	0.05	0.10m	9.58	0.20m
Mg131	⌛∫Default	13mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.10 : 0.20] m	14.00	11.75	8.00	6.50	5.00	9.21	36.33	0.12	0.10m	21.60	0.20m
Mg131	⌛∫fighter	13mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.10 : 0.20] m	14.00	11.75	8.00	6.50	5.00	10.75	32.13	0.11	0.10m	19.44	0.20m
Mg131	⌛∫apt	13mm	yes	[ : ] mm	[ : ] m	14.00	11.75	8.00	6.50	5.00	24.57	0.00	0.00	0.00m	0.00	0.00m
Mg131	⌛∫heit	13mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.10 : 0.10] m	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.53	57.33	0.18	0.10m	32.40	0.20m
Mg131	⌛∫stealth	13mm	no	[ : ] mm	[ : ] m	15.00	12.75	9.00	7.50	6.00	30.24	42.84	0.00	0.00m	0.00	0.00m
Mg131	⌛∫turret	13mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.10 : 0.10] m	14.00	11.75	8.00	6.50	5.00	16.89	19.11	0.06	0.10m	10.80	0.20m
Breda	⌛∫Default	12.7mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.00 : 0.00] m	15.00	12.75	9.00	7.50	6.00	12.11	4.44	0.03	0.10m	5.04	0.20m
Breda	⌛∫7 universal	12.7mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.00 : 0.00] m	15.00	12.75	9.00	7.50	6.00	9.30	19.82	0.06	0.10m	10.08	0.20m
Breda	⌛∫7 air targets	12.7mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.00 : 0.00] m	15.00	12.75	9.00	7.50	6.00	10.01	25.64	0.05	0.10m	8.40	0.20m
Breda	⌛∫7 all tracers	12.7mm	yes	[ : ] mm	[ : ] m	14.00	11.75	8.00	6.50	5.00	14.14	27.16	0.00	0.00m	0.00	0.00m
Breda	⌛∫7 stealth	12.7mm	no	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.00 : 0.00] m	15.00	12.75	9.00	7.50	6.00	7.95	24.89	0.07	0.10m	12.60	0.20m
M3	⌛∫Default	12.7mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.00 : 0.00] m	26.53	24.67	18.00	15.50	13.00	44.04	44.79	0.06	0.10m	10.80	0.20m
M3	⌛∫universal	12.7mm	yes	[0.50 : 0.50] mm	[0.00 : 0.00] m	25.00	21.63	16.00	14.00	12.00	33.00	115.80	0.19	0.10m	13.10	0.25m
M3	⌛∫ground targets	12.7mm	yes	[0.50 : 0.50] mm	[0.00 : 0.00] m	26.53	24.67	18.00	15.50	13.00	47.24	76.22	0.08	0.10m	5.46	0.25m
M3	⌛∫tracers	12.7mm	yes	[ : ] mm	[ : ] m	25.00	21.63	16.00	14.00	12.00	53.64	125.88	0.00	0.00m	0.00	0.00m
M3	⌛∫stealth	12.7mm	no	[0.50 : 0.50] mm	[0.00 : 0.00] m	25.00	21.63	16.00	14.00	12.00	27.84	113.28	0.24	0.10m	16.38	0.25m
M2	⌛∫Default	12.7mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.00 : 0.00] m	25.00	21.63	16.00	14.00	12.00	21.07	18.35	0.03	0.10m	5.01	0.20m
M2	⌛∫universal	12.7mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.00 : 0.00] m	25.00	21.63	16.00	14.00	12.00	22.63	42.68	0.03	0.10m	5.01	0.20m
M2	⌛∫ground targets	12.7mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.00 : 0.00] m	26.53	24.67	18.00	15.50	13.00	25.96	15.29	0.02	0.10m	4.18	0.20m
M2	⌛∫tracers	12.7mm	yes	[ : ] mm	[ : ] m	25.00	21.63	16.00	14.00	12.00	20.73	10.14	0.00	0.00m	0.00	0.00m
M2	⌛∫stealth	12.7mm	no	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.00 : 0.00] m	26.53	24.67	18.00	15.50	13.00	19.91	36.69	0.06	0.10m	10.02	0.20m
M2late	⌛∫Default	12.7mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.00 : 0.00] m	26.53	24.67	18.00	15.50	13.00	28.19	28.67	0.04	0.10m	6.91	0.20m
M2late	⌛∫universal	12.7mm	yes	[0.50 : 0.50] mm	[0.00 : 0.00] m	25.00	21.63	16.00	14.00	12.00	21.12	74.11	0.12	0.10m	8.39	0.25m
M2late	⌛∫ground targets	12.7mm	yes	[0.50 : 0.50] mm	[0.00 : 0.00] m	26.53	24.67	18.00	15.50	13.00	30.23	48.78	0.05	0.10m	3.49	0.25m
M2late	⌛∫tracers	12.7mm	yes	[ : ] mm	[ : ] m	25.00	21.63	16.00	14.00	12.00	34.33	80.56	0.00	0.00m	0.00	0.00m
M2late	⌛∫stealth	12.7mm	no	[0.50 : 0.50] mm	[0.00 : 0.00] m	25.00	21.63	16.00	14.00	12.00	17.82	72.50	0.15	0.10m	10.48	0.25m
M2RAF	⌛∫Default	12.7mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.00 : 0.00] m	25.00	21.63	16.00	14.00	12.00	19.35	11.31	0.03	0.10m	5.40	0.20m
M2RAF	⌛∫universal	12.7mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.00 : 0.00] m	25.00	21.63	16.00	14.00	12.00	20.19	24.42	0.03	0.10m	5.40	0.20m
M2RAF	⌛∫ground targets	12.7mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.00 : 0.00] m	26.53	24.67	18.00	15.50	13.00	25.19	14.89	0.03	0.10m	4.50	0.20m
M2RAF	⌛∫tracers	12.7mm	yes	[ : ] mm	[ : ] m	25.00	21.63	16.00	14.00	12.00	24.44	5.46	0.00	0.00m	0.00	0.00m
M2RAF	⌛∫stealth	12.7mm	no	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.00 : 0.00] m	25.00	21.63	16.00	14.00	12.00	15.59	29.17	0.06	0.10m	10.80	0.20m
Mg15115	⌛∫Default	15mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.20 : 0.20] m	37.00	28.00	16.50	10.25	4.00	42.30	32.32	0.04	0.10m	6.45	0.30m
Mg15115	⌛∫universal	15mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.20 : 0.30] m	48.00	43.50	34.67	28.75	25.00	29.68	29.85	0.28	0.17m	14.59	0.43m
Mg15115	⌛∫air targets	15mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.30 : 0.30] m	37.00	28.00	16.50	10.25	4.00	25.93	29.03	0.39	0.20m	17.04	0.50m
Mg15115	⌛∫armor targets	15mm	yes	[ : ] mm	[ : ] m	48.00	43.50	34.67	28.75	25.00	42.92	4.57	0.00	0.00m	0.00	0.00m
Ho103	⌛∫Default	12.7mm	yes	[ : ] mm	[ : ] m	15.00	12.75	9.00	7.50	6.00	19.04	0.00	0.00	0.00m	0.00	0.00m
Ho103	⌛∫7 universal	12.7mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.00 : 0.00] m	15.00	12.75	9.00	7.50	6.00	11.95	25.49	0.07	0.10m	12.96	0.20m
Ho103	⌛∫7 air targets	12.7mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.00 : 0.00] m	15.00	12.75	9.00	7.50	6.00	12.87	32.97	0.06	0.10m	10.80	0.20m
Ho103	⌛∫7 all tracers	12.7mm	yes	[ : ] mm	[ : ] m	14.00	11.75	8.00	6.50	5.00	18.18	34.92	0.00	0.00m	0.00	0.00m
Ho103	⌛∫7 stealth	12.7mm	no	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.00 : 0.00] m	15.00	12.75	9.00	7.50	6.00	10.22	31.99	0.09	0.10m	16.20	0.20m
type3	⌛∫Default	13.2mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.00 : 0.00] m	26.53	24.67	18.00	15.50	13.00	21.29	6.38	0.04	0.10m	7.18	0.20m
type3	⌛∫universal	13.2mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.00 : 0.00] m	25.00	21.63	16.00	14.00	12.00	12.93	27.91	0.08	0.10m	14.36	0.20m
type3	⌛∫air targets	13.2mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.00 : 0.00] m	25.00	21.63	16.00	14.00	12.00	19.27	30.32	0.04	0.10m	7.18	0.20m
type3	⌛∫ground targets	13.2mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.00 : 0.00] m	25.00	21.63	16.00	14.00	12.00	19.27	30.32	0.04	0.10m	7.18	0.20m
type3	⌛∫stealth	13.2mm	no	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.00 : 0.00] m	25.00	21.63	16.00	14.00	12.00	18.27	31.97	0.05	0.10m	9.58	0.20m

Shells

Gun name	Type	Caliber	Tracer	Velocity	Mass	Sensitivity	Delay	100m	250m	500m	750m	1000m	Damage Rating	Fire Rating	Optimal	Damage Rating	Radius	Pen	Damage Rating	Radius	Pen
Gun name	Type	Projectile properties				Fuse		Penetration in mm					Physical projectile			High explosive			Fragmentation
Berezin UB	t ball	12.7mm	yes	850m/s	43.8g	0.00mm	0.00m	8.00	7.63	7.00	6.50	6.00	32.40	0.00	1100m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
Berezin UB	ap ball	12.7mm	no	815m/s	51.9g	0.00mm	0.00m	26.53	24.67	18.00	15.50	13.00	53.00	0.00	1100m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
Berezin UB	he i ball	12.7mm	no	850m/s	41g	0.10mm	0.00m	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.70	76.00	1100m	0.20	0.10m	2.50mm	36.00	0.20m	3.00mm
Berezin UB	ap i ball	12.7mm	no	815m/s	48.2g	0.00mm	0.00m	25.00	21.63	16.00	14.00	12.00	50.20	69.90	1100m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
Berezin UB	ap i t ball	12.7mm	yes	850m/s	43.7g	0.00mm	0.00m	15.00	13.88	12.00	10.50	9.00	44.70	47.30	1100m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
Berezin UB	apcr i ball bs41	12.7mm	no	815m/s	53.8g	0.00mm	0.00m	27.00	21.00	14.50	13.25	12.00	41.90	57.60	1100m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
Mg131	i t ball	13mm	yes	755m/s	33.5g	0.10mm	0.20m	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.70	57.40	1100m	0.20	0.10m	2.50mm	36.00	0.20m	3.00mm
Mg131	ap t ball	13mm	yes	710m/s	38g	0.00mm	0.00m	14.00	11.75	8.00	6.50	5.00	27.30	0.00	500m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
Mg131	he i ball	13mm	yes	750m/s	34g	0.10mm	0.10m	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.70	63.70	1100m	0.20	0.10m	2.50mm	36.00	0.20m	3.00mm
Mg131	ap i ball	13mm	no	710m/s	38g	0.00mm	0.00m	15.00	12.75	9.00	7.50	6.00	33.60	47.60	500m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
Breda	t ball	12.7mm	yes	760m/s	36.07g	0.00mm	0.00m	8.00	6.50	4.00	3.50	3.00	21.00	0.00	500m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
Breda	ball	12.7mm	no	760m/s	30.7g	0.00mm	0.00m	8.00	6.50	4.00	3.50	3.00	21.00	0.00	500m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
Breda	i ball	12.7mm	no	760m/s	34.2g	0.10mm	0.00m	1.04	0.91	0.69	0.45	0.20	1.70	31.70	1100m	0.20	0.10m	2.50mm	36.00	0.20m	3.00mm
Breda	ap ball	12.7mm	no	760m/s	36.07g	0.00mm	0.00m	15.00	12.75	9.00	7.50	6.00	21.80	0.00	500m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
Breda	ap i ball	12.7mm	no	760m/s	34.2g	0.00mm	0.00m	15.00	12.75	9.00	7.50	6.00	21.00	39.40	500m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
Breda	he i ball	12.7mm	no	760m/s	37.5g	0.10mm	0.00m	2.11	1.78	1.22	0.81	0.50	1.70	31.70	1100m	0.20	0.10m	2.50mm	36.00	0.20m	3.00mm
Breda	ap i t ball	12.7mm	yes	760m/s	36.35g	0.00mm	0.00m	14.00	11.75	8.00	6.50	5.00	20.20	38.80	500m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
M3	ap i t ball M20	12.7mm	yes	887m/s	40.3g	0.00mm	0.00m	25.00	21.63	16.00	14.00	12.00	44.70	104.90	1100m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
M3	ap ball M2	12.7mm	no	867m/s	46g	0.00mm	0.00m	26.53	24.67	18.00	15.50	13.00	50.20	0.00	1100m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
M3	i ball M1	12.7mm	no	944m/s	41g	0.10mm	0.00m	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.70	44.40	1100m	0.20	0.10m	2.50mm	36.00	0.20m	3.00mm
M3	ap i ball M8	12.7mm	no	887m/s	40.3g	0.00mm	0.00m	25.00	21.63	16.00	14.00	12.00	44.70	87.40	1100m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
M3	i ball M23	12.7mm	no	1040m/s	35g	0.50mm	0.00m	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.70	101.40	1100m	0.40	0.10m	3.00mm	27.30	0.25m	3.00mm
M2	t ball M1	12.7mm	yes	832m/s	43.8g	0.00mm	0.00m	8.00	7.63	7.00	6.50	6.00	26.80	0.00	1100m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
M2	ball M2	12.7mm	no	867m/s	45.2g	0.00mm	0.00m	8.00	7.63	7.00	6.50	6.00	39.10	0.00	1100m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
M2	i ball M1	12.7mm	no	944m/s	41g	0.10mm	0.00m	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.70	44.40	1100m	0.20	0.10m	2.50mm	36.00	0.20m	3.00mm
M2	ap i ball M8	12.7mm	no	887m/s	40.3g	0.00mm	0.00m	25.00	21.63	16.00	14.00	12.00	44.70	87.40	1100m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
M2	ap ball M2	12.7mm	no	867m/s	46g	0.00mm	0.00m	26.53	24.67	18.00	15.50	13.00	50.20	0.00	1100m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
M2late	ap i t ball M20	12.7mm	yes	887m/s	40.3g	0.00mm	0.00m	25.00	21.63	16.00	14.00	12.00	44.70	104.90	1100m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
M2late	ap ball M2	12.7mm	no	867m/s	46g	0.00mm	0.00m	26.53	24.67	18.00	15.50	13.00	50.20	0.00	1100m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
M2late	i ball M1	12.7mm	no	944m/s	41g	0.10mm	0.00m	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.70	44.40	1100m	0.20	0.10m	2.50mm	36.00	0.20m	3.00mm
M2late	ap i ball M8	12.7mm	no	887m/s	40.3g	0.00mm	0.00m	25.00	21.63	16.00	14.00	12.00	44.70	87.40	1100m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
M2late	i ball M23	12.7mm	no	1040m/s	35g	0.50mm	0.00m	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.70	101.40	1100m	0.40	0.10m	3.00mm	27.30	0.25m	3.00mm
M2RAF	t ball	12.7mm	yes	832m/s	44.4g	0.00mm	0.00m	8.00	7.63	7.00	6.50	6.00	32.40	0.00	1100m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
M2RAF	ball	12.7mm	no	823m/s	46g	0.00mm	0.00m	8.00	7.63	7.00	6.50	6.00	30.70	0.00	1100m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
M2RAF	he i ball	12.7mm	no	793m/s	46g	0.10mm	0.00m	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.70	31.70	1100m	0.20	0.10m	2.50mm	36.00	0.20m	3.00mm
M2RAF	ap i ball	12.7mm	no	793m/s	46g	0.00mm	0.00m	25.00	21.63	16.00	14.00	12.00	33.50	43.70	1100m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
M2RAF	ap ball M2	12.7mm	no	867m/s	46g	0.00mm	0.00m	26.53	24.67	18.00	15.50	13.00	50.20	0.00	1100m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
Mg15115	i t ball	15mm	yes	960m/s	57g	0.10mm	0.20m	12.00	10.13	7.00	4.50	2.00	51.30	61.80	700m	0.10	0.10m	6.00mm	17.20	0.30m	3.00mm
Mg15115	ap t ball	15mm	yes	960m/s	72g	0.00mm	0.00m	37.00	28.00	16.50	10.25	4.00	61.50	24.40	700m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
Mg15115	i t ball	15mm	yes	960m/s	57g	0.10mm	0.30m	13.80	10.20	7.04	4.60	2.16	25.60	64.40	700m	0.70	0.20m	5.00mm	30.30	0.50m	2.00mm
Mg15115	apcr i ball	15mm	no	1020m/s	53g	0.00mm	0.00m	48.00	43.50	34.67	28.75	25.00	55.80	0.00	1100m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
Mg15115	he ball	15mm	yes	960m/s	57g	0.10mm	0.30m	10.00	8.00	5.02	2.56	0.10	25.60	33.00	700m	0.70	0.20m	5.00mm	30.30	0.50m	2.00mm
Ho103	t ball	12.7mm	yes	760m/s	36.07g	0.00mm	0.00m	8.00	6.50	4.00	3.50	3.00	21.00	0.00	500m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
Ho103	ball	12.7mm	no	760m/s	30.7g	0.00mm	0.00m	8.00	6.50	4.00	3.50	3.00	21.00	0.00	500m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
Ho103	ap ball	12.7mm	no	760m/s	36.07g	0.00mm	0.00m	15.00	12.75	9.00	7.50	6.00	21.80	0.00	500m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
Ho103	ap i ball	12.7mm	no	760m/s	34.2g	0.00mm	0.00m	15.00	12.75	9.00	7.50	6.00	21.00	39.40	500m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
Ho103	he i ball	12.7mm	no	760m/s	37.5g	0.10mm	0.00m	2.11	1.78	1.22	0.81	0.50	1.70	31.70	1100m	0.20	0.10m	2.50mm	36.00	0.20m	3.00mm
Ho103	ap i t ball	12.7mm	yes	760m/s	36.35g	0.00mm	0.00m	14.00	11.75	8.00	6.50	5.00	20.20	38.80	500m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
Ho103	i ball	12.7mm	no	760m/s	34.2g	0.10mm	0.00m	1.04	0.91	0.69	0.45	0.20	1.70	31.70	1100m	0.20	0.10m	2.50mm	36.00	0.20m	3.00mm
type3	t ball	13.2mm	yes	850m/s	43.8g	0.00mm	0.00m	8.00	7.63	7.00	6.50	6.00	32.40	0.00	1100m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
type3	ap ball	13.2mm	no	815m/s	51.9g	0.00mm	0.00m	26.53	24.67	18.00	15.50	13.00	36.30	0.00	1100m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
type3	he i ball	13.2mm	no	850m/s	41g	0.10mm	0.00m	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.70	32.00	1100m	0.20	0.10m	2.50mm	36.00	0.20m	3.00mm
type3	ap i ball	13.2mm	no	815m/s	48.2g	0.00mm	0.00m	25.00	21.63	16.00	14.00	12.00	33.50	44.10	1100m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
type3	ap i t ball	13.2mm	yes	850m/s	43.7g	0.00mm	0.00m	15.00	13.88	12.00	10.50	9.00	27.90	31.80	1100m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm

Cannon shells

P - Practice
T - Tracer
IT - Incendiary tracer
IT* - Incendiary tracer (self-destroying)
FI-T - Fragmentation incendiary tracer
FI-T* - Fragmentation incendiary tracer (self-destroying)
AP-I - Armor-piercing incendiary
APHE - Armor-piercing high explosive
HEI - High-explosive incendiary (minengeschoß)
HEI - High-explosive incendiary (minengeschoß, night tracer)
HEF - High-explosive fragmentation
HEF-I - High-explosive fragmentation incendiary
HEF-SAPI - High-explosive fragmentation (Semi-armor-piercing incendiary)
HVAP-T High-velocity armor-piercing tracer

Common 20mm cannon comparison belts

Glossary

Please note this is still in the alpha stage and all the bugs in the data mining code have not been worked out yet. The data this was done on is not necessarily up to date.

Disclaimer:
Displayed information is under constant review. Game mechanics can and will change. The Wikipedia crew can not and does not guarantee up to date values. Rating values are not a real-life representation of effects or damage and have been modified/simplified for viewer readability and satisfaction.

Projectile properties:
'Mostly self-explanatory. The field's colour represents the ingame's tracer colour.
Fuse sensitivity (This is a common source for "sparkles") is the threshold thickness required to set off an explosive charge. Average thicknesses are >1mm for duralumin, >0.1 for wood and >0.01 for canvas. The shell can pass through an aircraft without being set off, or only trigger after passing through the second layer and explode almost harmlessly outside the plane.

Physical projectile:
Damage rating uses statistical maximum (removing outliers) of all weapons of caliber up to Mk103 Minengeschoss as 100 unit fixpoint.
Fire rating also includes the projectile's penetration, it however does not include the ability of HE to cause fires. A fire rating of 0 does not mean it can not cause fires just means it's has the minimum chance.
Optimal gives the range at which kinetic striking power is halved.

High explosive:
Damage rating is the possible average damage (uses statistical maximum (removing outliers) of all weapons of caliber up to Mk103 for 100 unit fixpoint) over the maximum HE-radius
Radius. volumetric blast distance. Everything in the radius receives damage.

Fragmentation:
Damage rating is representation of total combined damage weighed against the chance of a fragment to hit an object inside the radius (uses statistical maximum (removing outliers) of all weapons of caliber up to Mk103 for 100 unit fixpoint).
Radius is the maximum travel range of the shrapnel fragments; Not everything in the radius receives damage, this can be because of luck or the fragment was stopped by something before it reached the target

common 20mm weapons

Weapon information

Gun name	Rate of fire (r/min)	Maximum dispersion at 500m (m)	Time to high chance of jamming (sec)
AN_M2	600	2.09	10.70
mg151 20	750	2.44	10.70
mgff	560	2.44	10.70
ShVAK	800	1.22	10.70
B20	800	1.22	10.70
Hispano 2	600	2.09	28.33
Type99	516	0.87	10.70
Ho-5	800	0.87	10.70

Belt comparison

Gun name	Type	Caliber	Tracer	Sensitivity	Delay	100m	250m	500m	750m	1000m	Damage Rating	Fire Rating	Damage Rating	Radius	Damage Rating	Radius
Gun name	Type	Properties		Fuse [ min : max ]		Maximum penetration in mm					Physical projectile		High explosive		Fragmentation
AN_M2	⌛∫Default	20mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.20 : 0.20] m	31.00	29.50	27.00	25.50	24.00	13.62	14.42	5.52	0.58m	22.92	1.50m
AN_M2	⌛∫m2 universal	20mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.20 : 0.20] m	31.00	29.50	27.00	25.50	24.00	19.20	18.45	4.14	0.58m	17.19	1.50m
AN_M2	⌛∫m2 ground targets	20mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.20 : 0.20] m	31.00	29.50	27.00	25.50	24.00	23.82	16.86	2.07	0.58m	8.59	1.50m
AN_M2	⌛∫m2 stealth	20mm	no	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.20 : 0.20] m	15.00	13.88	12.00	9.50	7.00	7.08	4.77	6.21	0.58m	25.78	1.50m
mg151 20	⌛∫Default	20mm	yes	[0.40 : 0.90] mm	[0.00 : 0.30] m	17.00	15.50	13.00	9.00	5.00	29.62	29.92	5.85	0.45m	12.34	1.40m
mg151 20	⌛∫universal	20mm	yes	[0.40 : 0.40] mm	[0.30 : 0.30] m	17.00	15.50	13.00	9.00	5.00	20.78	27.19	11.59	0.75m	12.64	0.80m
mg151 20	⌛∫air targets	20mm	yes	[0.40 : 0.40] mm	[0.30 : 0.30] m	17.00	15.50	13.00	9.00	5.00	14.88	22.55	15.45	0.75m	16.85	0.80m
mg151 20	⌛∫armor targets	20mm	yes	[0.90 : 0.90] mm	[0.00 : 0.00] m	17.00	15.50	13.00	9.00	5.00	38.47	23.94	0.17	0.15m	18.06	2.00m
mg151 20	⌛∫all tracers	20mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.20 : 0.20] m	13.00	11.13	8.00	5.50	3.00	18.18	24.27	2.66	0.42m	26.73	1.30m
mg151 20	⌛∫stealth	20mm	no	[0.40 : 0.90] mm	[0.00 : 0.30] m	17.00	15.50	13.00	9.00	5.00	17.24	18.87	13.95	0.45m	19.98	1.40m
mgff	⌛∫Default	20mm	yes	[0.90 : 0.90] mm	[1.50 : 1.50] m	18.00	16.88	15.00	12.50	10.00	28.73	25.98	0.06	0.15m	5.99	2.00m
mgff	⌛∫universal	20mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.90] mm	[0.20 : 1.50] m	18.00	16.88	15.00	12.50	10.00	16.10	15.33	1.69	0.28m	20.06	1.85m
mgff	⌛∫air targets	20mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.90] mm	[0.20 : 1.50] m	24.00	21.75	18.00	14.00	10.00	18.63	17.71	1.36	0.28m	16.05	1.85m
mgff	⌛∫all tracers	20mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.20 : 0.20] m	12.00	10.13	7.00	5.00	3.00	16.10	20.24	1.65	0.42m	15.57	1.70m
mgff	⌛∫stealth	20mm	no	[0.90 : 0.90] mm	[1.50 : 1.50] m	21.00	18.75	15.00	12.50	10.00	28.73	18.31	0.11	0.15m	11.98	2.00m
ShVAK	⌛∫Default	20mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.30 : 0.30] m	35.00	32.38	28.00	24.00	20.00	22.16	25.04	1.64	0.35m	28.28	1.20m
ShVAK	⌛∫universal	20mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.20 : 0.40] m	23.00	20.75	17.00	15.50	14.00	10.88	12.02	3.28	0.35m	34.78	1.17m
ShVAK	⌛∫ground targets	20mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.20 : 0.40] m	23.00	20.75	17.00	15.50	14.00	12.78	12.90	3.28	0.36m	29.34	1.15m
ShVAK	⌛∫tracers	20mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.20 : 0.30] m	23.00	20.75	17.00	15.50	14.00	12.78	11.76	3.94	0.40m	36.58	1.00m
ShVAK	⌛∫armor targets	20mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.30 : 0.30] m	35.00	32.38	28.00	24.00	20.00	31.66	32.56	0.82	0.35m	14.14	1.20m
ShVAK	⌛∫stealth	20mm	no	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.20 : 0.30] m	35.00	32.38	28.00	24.00	20.00	12.72	12.52	3.94	0.40m	36.58	1.00m
B20	⌛∫Default	20mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.30 : 0.30] m	35.00	32.38	28.00	24.00	20.00	22.16	25.04	1.64	0.35m	28.28	1.20m
B20	⌛∫universal	20mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.20 : 0.40] m	23.00	20.75	17.00	15.50	14.00	10.88	12.02	3.28	0.35m	34.78	1.17m
B20	⌛∫ground targets	20mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.20 : 0.40] m	23.00	20.75	17.00	15.50	14.00	12.78	12.90	3.28	0.36m	29.34	1.15m
B20	⌛∫tracers	20mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.20 : 0.30] m	23.00	20.75	17.00	15.50	14.00	12.78	11.76	3.94	0.40m	36.58	1.00m
B20	⌛∫armor targets	20mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.30 : 0.30] m	35.00	32.38	28.00	24.00	20.00	31.66	32.56	0.82	0.35m	14.14	1.20m
B20	⌛∫stealth	20mm	no	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.20 : 0.30] m	35.00	32.38	28.00	24.00	20.00	12.72	12.52	3.94	0.40m	36.58	1.00m
Hispano 2	⌛∫Default	20mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.20 : 0.20] m	15.00	13.50	11.00	9.00	7.00	11.31	9.29	4.14	0.58m	17.19	1.50m
Hispano 2	⌛∫universal	20mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.50] mm	[0.20 : 1.00] m	23.00	20.75	17.00	15.50	14.00	19.41	16.64	2.49	0.45m	18.63	1.50m
Hispano 2	⌛∫air targets	20mm	no	[0.10 : 0.50] mm	[0.20 : 1.00] m	3.11	2.78	2.22	1.81	1.50	11.16	18.09	4.98	0.45m	37.26	1.50m
Hispano 2	⌛∫tracers	20mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.20 : 0.20] m	23.00	20.75	17.00	15.50	14.00	19.26	13.66	2.76	0.58m	11.46	1.50m
Hispano 2	⌛∫ground targets	20mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.20 : 0.20] m	23.00	20.75	17.00	15.50	14.00	25.93	13.98	1.66	0.58m	6.88	1.50m
Hispano 2	⌛∫stealth	20mm	no	[0.10 : 0.50] mm	[0.20 : 1.00] m	23.00	20.75	17.00	15.50	14.00	15.18	15.31	4.56	0.45m	27.23	1.50m
Type99	⌛∫Default	20mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.30 : 0.30] m	15.00	10.50	6.00	5.00	4.00	9.55	11.22	1.60	0.43m	15.33	1.30m
Type99	⌛∫universal	20mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.30 : 0.30] m	19.27	17.09	13.45	9.05	4.13	5.86	5.03	4.19	0.50m	22.30	1.45m
Type99	⌛∫ground targets	20mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.30 : 0.30] m	19.27	17.09	13.45	9.05	4.13	13.45	10.49	1.64	0.50m	9.94	1.45m
Type99	⌛∫all tracers	20mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.30 : 0.30] m	1.03	0.93	0.77	0.63	0.50	2.12	5.47	2.94	0.43m	30.08	1.40m
Type99	⌛∫stealth	20mm	no	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.30 : 0.30] m	19.27	17.09	13.45	9.05	4.13	8.10	4.40	4.15	0.57m	17.74	1.50m
Ho-5	⌛∫Default	20mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.30 : 0.30] m	19.27	17.09	13.45	9.05	6.00	24.29	13.73	2.08	0.45m	11.57	0.60m
Ho-5	⌛∫universal	20mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.30 : 0.30] m	19.27	17.09	13.45	9.05	4.13	13.23	17.52	4.16	0.45m	23.15	0.60m
Ho-5	⌛∫ground targets	20mm	yes	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.30 : 0.30] m	19.27	17.09	13.45	9.05	4.13	23.17	23.68	2.08	0.45m	11.57	0.60m
Ho-5	⌛∫all tracers	20mm	yes	[ : ] mm	[ : ] m	19.27	17.09	13.45	9.05	4.13	33.12	29.84	0.00	0.00m	0.00	0.00m
Ho-5	⌛∫stealth	20mm	no	[0.10 : 0.10] mm	[0.30 : 0.30] m	13.00	11.13	8.00	7.00	6.00	11.58	8.52	4.68	0.45m	26.04	0.60m

Shells

Gun name	Type	Caliber	Tracer	Velocity	Mass	Sensitivity	Delay	100m	250m	500m	750m	1000m	Damage Rating	Fire Rating	Optimal	Damage Rating	Radius	Pen	Damage Rating	Radius	Pen
Gun name	Type	Projectile properties				Fuse		Penetration in mm					Physical projectile			High explosive			Fragmentation
AN_M2	he frag i	20mm	no	853m/s	130g	0.10mm	0.20m	1.03	0.93	0.77	0.63	0.50	4.10	10.60	500m	13.80	0.58m	6.00mm	57.30	1.50m	6.00mm
AN_M2	ap t	20mm	yes	765m/s	166g	0.00mm	0.00m	31.00	29.50	27.00	25.50	24.00	59.90	50.90	900m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
AN_M2	ball shell	20mm	no	853m/s	130g	0.00mm	0.00m	15.00	13.88	12.00	9.50	7.00	34.90	0.00	900m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
mg151 20	i t	20mm	yes	710m/s	116g	0.00mm	0.00m	13.00	11.13	8.00	5.50	3.00	51.30	59.60	700m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
mg151 20	aphe	20mm	no	705m/s	117g	0.90mm	0.00m	17.00	15.50	13.00	9.00	5.00	51.30	22.70	700m	0.30	0.15m	6.00mm	32.10	2.00m	6.00mm
mg151 20	he i mine	20mm	no	785m/s	92g	0.40mm	0.30m	3.11	2.78	2.22	1.63	1.00	4.10	17.70	500m	30.90	0.75m	6.00mm	33.70	0.80m	6.00mm
mg151 20	ap i	20mm	no	705m/s	117g	0.00mm	0.00m	17.00	15.50	13.00	9.00	5.00	51.30	50.00	700m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
mg151 20	frag i t	20mm	yes	720m/s	115g	0.10mm	0.20m	1.03	0.93	0.77	0.63	0.50	6.20	14.20	500m	5.90	0.42m	6.00mm	59.40	1.30m	6.00mm
mgff	i t	20mm	yes	585m/s	116g	0.00mm	0.00m	12.00	10.13	7.00	5.00	3.00	51.30	58.10	700m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
mgff	aphe	20mm	no	580m/s	117g	0.90mm	1.50m	18.00	16.88	15.00	12.50	10.00	51.30	23.00	700m	0.30	0.15m	6.00mm	32.10	2.00m	6.00mm
mgff	frag i t	20mm	yes	600m/s	117g	0.10mm	0.20m	1.03	0.93	0.77	0.63	0.50	6.20	14.20	500m	5.90	0.42m	6.00mm	55.60	1.70m	6.00mm
mgff	ap i	20mm	no	580m/s	117g	0.00mm	0.00m	24.00	21.75	18.00	14.00	10.00	51.30	48.60	700m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
mgff	ap i	20mm	no	580m/s	117g	0.00mm	0.00m	21.00	18.75	15.00	11.50	8.00	51.30	52.10	700m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
ShVAK	frag i t	20mm	yes	770m/s	96g	0.10mm	0.30m	1.03	0.93	0.77	0.63	0.50	4.10	10.60	500m	4.10	0.35m	5.00mm	70.70	1.20m	6.00mm
ShVAK	ap i	20mm	no	750m/s	96g	0.00mm	0.00m	35.00	32.38	28.00	24.00	20.00	51.30	52.00	700m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
ShVAK	he frag	20mm	no	790m/s	91g	0.10mm	0.20m	1.03	0.93	0.77	0.63	0.50	4.10	0.00	500m	7.80	0.45m	5.00mm	56.10	0.80m	6.00mm
ShVAK	he frag i	20mm	no	790m/s	91g	0.10mm	0.40m	1.03	0.93	0.77	0.63	0.50	4.10	16.30	500m	0.80	0.26m	6.00mm	34.50	1.50m	6.00mm
ShVAK	ap i t	20mm	yes	750m/s	96g	0.00mm	0.00m	23.00	20.75	17.00	15.50	14.00	51.60	48.20	700m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
ShVAK	frag i	20mm	no	770m/s	96g	0.10mm	0.30m	1.03	0.93	0.77	0.63	0.50	4.10	10.60	500m	4.10	0.35m	5.00mm	70.70	1.20m	6.00mm
B20	frag i t	20mm	yes	770m/s	96g	0.10mm	0.30m	1.03	0.93	0.77	0.63	0.50	4.10	10.60	500m	4.10	0.35m	5.00mm	70.70	1.20m	6.00mm
B20	ap i	20mm	no	750m/s	96g	0.00mm	0.00m	35.00	32.38	28.00	24.00	20.00	51.30	52.00	700m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
B20	he frag	20mm	no	790m/s	91g	0.10mm	0.20m	1.03	0.93	0.77	0.63	0.50	4.10	0.00	500m	7.80	0.45m	5.00mm	56.10	0.80m	6.00mm
B20	he frag i	20mm	no	790m/s	91g	0.10mm	0.40m	1.03	0.93	0.77	0.63	0.50	4.10	16.30	500m	0.80	0.26m	6.00mm	34.50	1.50m	6.00mm
B20	ap i t	20mm	yes	750m/s	96g	0.00mm	0.00m	23.00	20.75	17.00	15.50	14.00	51.60	48.20	700m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
B20	frag i	20mm	no	770m/s	96g	0.10mm	0.30m	1.03	0.93	0.77	0.63	0.50	4.10	10.60	500m	4.10	0.35m	5.00mm	70.70	1.20m	6.00mm
Hispano 2	he frag i	20mm	no	853m/s	130g	0.10mm	0.20m	1.03	0.93	0.77	0.63	0.50	4.10	17.70	500m	13.80	0.58m	6.00mm	57.30	1.50m	6.00mm
Hispano 2	ball shell	20mm	no	868m/s	125g	0.00mm	0.00m	15.00	13.50	11.00	9.00	7.00	34.90	0.00	900m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
Hispano 2	t shell	20mm	yes	835m/s	132g	0.00mm	0.00m	15.00	13.50	11.00	9.00	7.00	32.30	26.50	600m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
Hispano 2	sapi	20mm	no	844m/s	134g	0.50mm	1.00m	3.11	2.78	2.22	1.81	1.50	33.10	42.60	500m	2.80	0.33m	6.00mm	66.90	1.50m	5.00mm
Hispano 2	ap	20mm	no	822m/s	141g	0.00mm	0.00m	23.00	20.75	17.00	15.50	14.00	59.90	24.10	900m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
Type99	t shell	20mm	yes	588m/s	127g	0.00mm	0.00m	8.00	7.25	6.00	5.00	4.00	24.80	0.00	500m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
Type99	he frag i	20mm	no	588m/s	127g	0.10mm	0.30m	1.03	0.93	0.77	0.63	0.50	4.10	19.20	500m	6.20	0.43m	2.00mm	59.40	1.30m	6.00mm
Type99	ap i	20mm	no	588m/s	127g	0.00mm	0.00m	15.00	10.50	6.00	4.50	3.00	41.00	48.60	700m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
Type99	he frag t	20mm	yes	588m/s	127g	0.10mm	0.30m	1.03	0.93	0.77	0.63	0.50	4.10	10.60	500m	5.70	0.43m	2.00mm	58.30	1.40m	6.00mm
Type99	he frag	20mm	no	588m/s	127g	0.10mm	0.30m	1.03	0.93	0.77	0.63	0.50	4.10	14.20	500m	13.40	0.57m	6.00mm	57.30	1.50m	6.00mm
Type99	ap	20mm	no	588m/s	127g	0.00mm	0.00m	19.27	17.09	13.45	9.05	4.13	33.10	0.00	500m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
Ho-5	he frag i	20mm	no	740m/s	78g	0.10mm	0.30m	1.03	0.93	0.77	0.63	0.50	4.10	14.20	500m	7.80	0.45m	5.00mm	43.40	0.60m	5.00mm
Ho-5	ball shell	20mm	no	740m/s	81g	0.00mm	0.00m	13.00	11.13	8.00	7.00	6.00	45.60	0.00	500m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm
Ho-5	ap t	20mm	yes	702m/s	119g	0.00mm	0.00m	19.27	17.09	13.45	9.05	4.13	41.40	37.30	500m	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm	0.00	0.00m	0.00mm

List: types and caliber

Browning M2 12.7mm

AN/M2 20mm Cannon

20mm Hispano Cannon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPmGVquktLc

20mm Hispano Cannon

MG 151 15mm Cannon

ShVAK 20mm Cannon

Type 99 Mk1-2 20mm Cannon

USA

Browning - 7.62 mm (15s reload time) (P-26 series, P-36 series, F2A-1, P-400, P-39N, XF5F, OS2U series, SBD rear gunner, TBF ventral gunner, PBY series nose gunner)

Browning M2 - 12.7 mm (20s reload time)
Browning M3 - 12.7 mm (20s reload time)

Hispano - 20 mm (40s reload time)
AN/M2 - 20 mm (40s reload time)
AN/M3 - 20 mm (40s reload time)
FMC T-160 - 20 mm (40s reload time) (F-86F-2 Sabre)

M4 - 37 mm (60s reload time) (P-39Q, P-39N, P-63A-5)
M10 - 37 mm (60s reload time) (P-63A-10, P-63C-5)

T13E1 - 75mm (60s reload time) (Only on PBJ-1H

Germany

Breda-SAFAT - 7.7 mm (15s reload time) (Italian Planes)
Lewis - 7.7 mm (15s reload time) (Italian Planes)

MG 15 - 7.92 mm (15s reload time)
MG 17 - 7.92 mm (15s reload time)
MG 81 - 7.92 mm (15s reload time)

Breda-SAFAT - 12.7 mm (20s reload time) (Italian Planes)

MG 131 - 13 mm (20s reload time)

MG 151 - 15 mm (20s reload time)

MG C/30L - 20 mm (40s reload time)
MG FF - 20 mm (40s reload time)
MgFF/M - 20 mm (40s reload time)
MG 151 - 20 mm (40s reload time)

MK 103 - 30 mm (60s reload time)
MK 108 - 30 mm (60s reload time)

BK 37 - 37 mm (60s reload time)

BK 5 - 50 mm (60s reload time)
MK 214A - 50mm (60s reload time)

BK 7.5 - 75 mm (60s reload time)

Soviet

DA - 7.62 (15s reload time)
PV-1 - 7.62 mm (15s reload time)
ShKAS - 7.62 mm (15s reload time)

Berezin UB - 12.7 mm (20s reload time)

ShVAK - 20 mm (40s reload time)
B-20 - 20 mm (40s reload time)
B-20M - 20 mm (40s reload time)
B-20S - 20 mm (40s reload time)

VYa-23 - 23 mm (40s reload time)
NS-23 - 23 mm (40s reload time)
NS-23K - 23 mm (40s reload time)
NR-23 - 23 mm (40s reload time)

N-37 - 37 mm (60s reload time)
N-37D - 37 mm (60s reload time)
NS-37 - 37 mm (60s reload time)

NS-45 - 45 mm (60s reload time)

Great Britian

MAC 1934 - 7.5 mm (15s reload time) (on French aircraft)
Vickers E - 7.7 mm (15s reload time)
Vickers K - 7.7 mm (15s reload time)
Browning - 7.7 mm (15s reload time)

Browning M2 - 12.7 mm (20s reload time)

Hispano - 20 mm (40s reload time)
Hispano Mk.II - 20 mm (40s reload time)
Hispano Mk.V - 20 mm (40s reload time)

Vickers S - 40 mm (60s reload time)
Vickers P - 47 mm (60s reload time)
Mollins Class M - 57 mm (60s reload time)

Japan

Type 89 - 7.7 mm (15s reload time)
Type 92 - 7.7 mm (15s reload time)
Type 97 - 7.7 mm (15s reload time)

Type 98 - 7.92 mm (15s reload time)

MG 15 - 7.92 mm (15s reload time)

Ho-103 - 12.7 mm (20s reload time)

Type 2 - 13.2 mm (20s reload time)
Type 3 - 13.2 mm (20s reload time

MG 151 - 20 mm (40s reload time)
Type 97 - 20 mm (40s reload time)
Type 99 mk1 - 20 mm (40s reload time)
Type 99 mk2 - 20 mm (40s reload time)
Ho-3 - 20 mm (40s reload time)
Ho-5 - 20 mm (40s reload time)

Ho-155 - 30 mm (60s reload time)
Type 5 - 30 mm (60s reload time)

Type 94 - 37 mm (60s reload time)
Ho-203 - 37 mm (60s reload time)
Ho-204 - 37 mm (60s reload time)

Ho-401 - 57 mm (60s reload time)

France

MAC 1934 - 7.5 mm (15s reload time)

Hispano-Suiza HS.404 - 20 mm (40s reload time)

Tanks

Ammunition shell types

Tank shells come in two general categories: Kinetic energy shells, and chemical energy shells.

Kinetic energy shells' ability to penetrate, and depending of type of shell also to do damage, depends on a combination of the shell's mass, speed, and hardness. Since mass and hardness are constant for a shell this means that as the longer shell flies, and the more speed it loses due to air resistance, the less capable it will be.

Chemical energy shells do their damage based on a chemical reaction, and unlike kinetic shells their ability to penetrate and do damage are not affected by the shell's speed. This means that they do the same amount of damage regardless of distance to the target, if they hit.

It can be worth noting that there is no '-T'-suffix to tank shells. It is assumed that all tank shells have a tracer component in the shell base.

Kinetic energy shells

Armor Piercing (AP)
Basic solid steel shot, which uses kinetic energy to defeat the armor plate. The shot causes damage by fully or partially penetrating the armor plate, causing steel fragments of the shot and the armor plate to hit crew members, automotive components, ammuntion, fuel tanks, etc.

Armor Piercing, Capped (APC)
Here a nose cone (or cap) of softer metal was fixed to the front of the solid shot. When this struck the target armor the shock was transferred away from the tip of the round to the neck, thus helping prevent shatter. An added bonus was that it was found that the softer caps improved “grip” against sloped armor, squashing on impact to allow the main shot to penetrate rather than glancing off.

Display of shell normalization as an effect of a capped (APC) shell (clickable gif)

Armor Piercing, Ballistic Cap (APBC)
To improve aerodynamics, a ballistic cap can be added to the basic armor piercing shot. The cap is made by a brittle metal, which breaks on impact, and does not aid penetration.

Armor Piercing, Capped, Ballistic Cap (APCBC)
A combination of the ballistic cap of APBC and the cap of APC. Note that some APCBC ammunition was only listed as APC, and that APCBC shells can come both with and without a high explosive filler.

Russian APBC
Armour Piercing Ballistic Capped. This is the Russian equivalent to APCBC. This round had a light ballistic cap covering a blunt nosed projectile. This round was less prone to shatter than a standard AP due to the shape of the nose.

High Explosive Filler (-HE)
The lethality of AP, APBC, APC, and APCBC shots can be increased by adding an explosive filler, intended to explode upon penetrating. This filler will, however, also decrease the mass of the shot, decreasing its ability to defeat the armour plate. For APCBC shells the HE part is often just dropped e.g. the Pz.Gr.39 is "APHECBC" but as can be seen that abbreviation is rather long. Only the high tier US tanks feature APCBC shots without HE (T32, M46).

Armor Piercing, Composite, Rigid (APCR) or High Velocity, Armor Piercing (HVAP)
A very dense core, usually made from tungsten during the Second World War and uranium today, in a soft metal shell. Upon impact, the soft shell will deform, causing the core to penetrate the armor plate at very high speeds. Compared to solid shot AP they create much less shrapnels so sniping for weakpoints is necessary.

Armor Piercing, Discarding Sabot (APDS)
Similar to the APCR in principle. Rather than a soft shell, however, the thin, long shot discards it shell (sabot) upon leaving the gun barrel, reducing the shell's drag and thus reducing loss of speed over distance, while still not causing any change to the mass of the penetrator compared to APCR. Compared to solid shot AP they create much less shrapnels so sniping for weakpoints is necessary.

Chemical energy shells

High Explosive (HE)
While not intended to destroy tanks, high explosive rounds can damage tanks by destroying their tracks or damaging periscopes and automotive parts, and even crack and destroy armor plates if sufficiently powerful. Probably the main exponents of this approach were the Soviets, who not only issued every gun with some form of anti tank round, they were also happy to shoot HE at tanks. 152mm HE will spoil any ones day.

Display of a HEAT charge striking armour

High Explosive, Anti-tank (HEAT)
Rather than penetrating by shooting a heavy, dense projectile as fast as a cannon can manage, the HEAT shell achieves penetration through a combination of chemical components and metal. An explosive charge melts a metal liner (usually copper) inside the shell, turning it into a molten jet travelling at a much greater speed towards the armour than purely kinetic shells can achieve. Thanks to a combination of extreme heat and extreme speed the jet punches through the armour, both causing armour fragments and a spray of molten metal to shower the inside of the tank. This weapon system was greatly improved past the sixties to solve many issues the WW2 variants had like low speed and limited cone of damage.

High Explosive Squash Head (HESH)
A thin-walled shell filled with a plastic explosive that upon impact causes the explove to "pancake" onto the armour, that a fraction of a second later is detonated by a charge in the shell. The explosion will cause a shockwave in the armour and knock loose metal fragments on the other side of the armour, showering the inside of the tank in them. It has best effect against flat armour surfaces, and relatively thick armour, since thin armour does not cause sufficient spalling. This shell type appeared after WW2 and was mainly used by the British.
Ingame it ignores any armour-angle, except for ricochets and deals damage by metal-flakes which are blown off inside the armour by the exterior explosion. Basicly the fighting compartment is showered in metal rain. Currently only true armour thickness (opposed to line of sight thickness, again armour-angles are ignored) will provide sufficient means of protection.

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