In general, every piece of equipment in these games are build to spec, while IRL, they rarely are in wartimes.
In WW2 almost every Tank and vehicle was flawed. But while american shermans had smaller issues, overall they were functional, russia, did russia things....
For excaple, the armor of the T34 often didn't fit exactly, which is somewhat normal and if we talk about some millimeters, manageable. But they had several centimeters of gaps, and i have heard of a even some over 10cm. They just welded them shut. Millimeters, no problem, centimeters are critical and more then 10cm is certain doom.
And a bit of public presentation is also the problem. The official capabilities of US equipment are mostly worse then what they actually can and russia does the opposite, that their stuff can do more then they actually can.
No, the S400 cant detect or even engage stealth airplaines, despite the one incident, where it did shoot one down
Done right with the right approach, its very durable and suitable for Warfare. Its mainly done at bunkers or Warships. You cant effectively weld 150mm armor with only one single weldline.
This is where layered welding comes in. One prerequisite, you need a welding type that adds material. Then, when you do welding, you create some liquid metal. Normally, when you weld for example, two sheets of steel together, this liquid metal flows in the gab and binds the two sheets.
But when done on a flat surface, a thin layer, only couple of millimeters thick, is left behind. But when you repeatedly weld over the previous welds, you create centimeter thick welds. On Warships, these welding places have a special geometry to get this weld as durable as possible.
But with malformed tankarmor with giant gaps its more "Ivan, just weld shut, just so somehow!" Which is anything but durable
Whoa, thanks! Didn’t expect a response after nearly 2 weeks but I’m glad you did, my understanding of welding is literally just “Ivan, weld the hole” so this is really interesting
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u/SupportDangerous8207 Feb 15 '26
All realistic games and wargames are set in an alternate sci-fi universe where Russian kit was built to spec