High Explosive (HE)
The most common shell type is high explosive, commonly referred to simply as HE. HE shells have a strong steel case, a bursting charge, and a fuze. When the fuze initiates the shell, the bursting charge shatters the case and scatters hot, sharp fragments of steel at high speed. Most of the damage is caused by being struck by these fragments, rather than directly by the blast. The fuze on an HE shell can usually be set to burst on the ground, in the air above the ground (to scatter fragments behind cover), or after penetrating a short distance into the ground (either to transmit more ground shock to covered positions, or to reduce the spread of fragments).
Armour-piercing (AP)
In naval warfare and older anti-tank shells, the shell had to withstand the shock of punching through armour plate. Shells designed for this purpose had a greatly strengthened case with a specially hardened and shaped nose, and a much smaller bursting charge. Some smaller calibre AP shells had no bursting charge at all. Plain AP shell is now very rarely seen except in naval usage, and is less common even there. See also: Armor-piercing shot and shell.
"Attól is függ persze a dolog, hogy mivel lő az ember! HE vagy AP! 88-asnál mindegy (szinte)"
-helyesebben: mivel, mire, es hova lo az ember.
mert igen szorosan osszefuggenek.
"Amúgy, nem igazán hinném, hogy sor került volna ilyen összecsapásra. Tigris I. vs IS-2 talán, KT vs IS2, háát?"
-pedig budapest ostromanal, a konrad hadmuveleteknel is "rengeteg" tigris vs IS2 volt.
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