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Originally Posted by Tallor
Would an AA gun really use AP ammo, though? Assuming it was loaded up to fight aircraft.
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Many smaller AA guns have used API as main AA round, as smaller bursting shells were both unreliable and of questionable use. 40mm was abut the lowest with reliable bursting shells at WWII.
Loaded? The Bofors gun was mostly top hopper loaded with clips, so inserting an API clip if you had them available would be fast and then you would have API loaded few second later..
But historically, yes SAPHE was the normal load due to being most effective against soft skinned targets like airplanes, but if you planned to use it secondarily as AT gun like in Warthunder, you would likely field also API(that is still useful against aircraft, just not as good as the SAPHE)