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Someone in the forums mentioned this as a bug in the T-34: The shot lands to the left of the aim point by a meter or so. Just to clarify, this isn't the 10-20 meter / tank length aim off bug.
Turns out it's not a bug, but a historical sort of parallax error. The lateral tank sights were zeroed to about 300 meters (or could be in real life, and are in game). That means at 300 meters, the shot lands right where the vertical cross-hair lands. Closer than 300 meters, it lands to the right, and further, it lands to the left.
So take that into account when aiming at tanks further out. A bit of geometry tells us, since the sight is offset about 20cm (I think), at 600 meters, aim point will be 40cm (almost half a meter). So take that into account when aiming for that ammo box.
In the first image, you can see the aim point in green, and the hit point in red on a tank at over 600 meters away.
You can see in the second image I'm uploading, the shot crosses the vertical line. If the sights and gunbore were perfectly parallel, the shot would only approach and never quite cross the center-line.
Note, this is true for both tanks.
Turns out it's not a bug, but a historical sort of parallax error. The lateral tank sights were zeroed to about 300 meters (or could be in real life, and are in game). That means at 300 meters, the shot lands right where the vertical cross-hair lands. Closer than 300 meters, it lands to the right, and further, it lands to the left.
So take that into account when aiming at tanks further out. A bit of geometry tells us, since the sight is offset about 20cm (I think), at 600 meters, aim point will be 40cm (almost half a meter). So take that into account when aiming for that ammo box.
In the first image, you can see the aim point in green, and the hit point in red on a tank at over 600 meters away.
You can see in the second image I'm uploading, the shot crosses the vertical line. If the sights and gunbore were perfectly parallel, the shot would only approach and never quite cross the center-line.
Note, this is true for both tanks.