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  1. Not to put too fine a point on it, but as a former M48/M60 tanker on both 90mm and 105mm guns, WP is smoke, not an illumination round. I've fired WP; it's great for forming an instant smokescreen at the point of impact. The only illuminating effect is from the flames emitted by the stuff it sets on fire. Arty illum rounds are typically magnesium flares that hang from a small parachute as they burn, throwing a bright circle of light as the round drifts downward. That was how we conducted night gunnery with the M48A1, M48A5, and M60s before the M60A3s were issued to us. The devs have the effect of illum and WP exactly mashed together, not even backwards or correct. Just wrong. Reading the devs' discussion of the mechanics was painful, because they clearly have not only no clue on how to even read basic tank gunnery documents that are open source, much less have any of them ever watched video of night firing or even talked to former tankers who were sober at any point in their service. I get that spotting mechanics are a joke in this game, but geez, if you're going to say anything about how smoke and illum work, at least read how it works before you make crap up instead or just don't say anything at all.
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