Yak-9T - incredible firepower (or maybe incredible tank's lack of armor?)

[Igo kyu]

Originally Posted by Pursuivant

The Germans were the pioneers in developing APHE and APDS rounds.

APHE possibly, but APDS? Did you mean APCR? I have read that APDS was fairly heavily adopted by the British, I thought it was even a British invention, though I can't back that up.

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by Igo kyu

APHE possibly, but APDS? Did you mean APCR? I have read that APDS was fairly heavily adopted by the British, I thought it was even a British invention, though I can't back that up.

My bad. You're right. I was working from memory. FWIW, Wikipedia claims that initial work on APDS was by a French company, but later the designers were evacuated to the UK and completed the work there.

As for APCR/Panzergranate 40, while the Germans were one of the first nations to develop it, shortages of tungsten meant they had to discontinue making it.