Comments by "" (@TheArklyte) on "Why you need proper HE rounds for Tanks" video.

Opens General Dynamics website, nope, 120mm HE shell for NATO 120x570 is still there, like always. Maybe it's not manufacturing problem, but Pentagon problem?
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@PeterMuskrat6968 You know why ISU-152 was the longest serving armored vehicle in soviet arsenal and why it's tracks were modernized to be compatible with T-10M ones? Because 152mm HE round had an interesting capability to drop brick 5 storey tall building in single shell. The other story from the same time, do you know what was the shell that was used 80% of the time by US tank destroyers in Italy in WWII? It was HE shell. Meanwhile AP and APCR shells were just sitting there, making up the majority of ammo load and never being used. This one has a bit of connection to aforementioned by another commenter fact that NATO views the prime task of MBTs to hunt other MBTs, however they didn't mention that every other NATO vehicle is also tasked with carrying ATGM and hunting MBTs. And it was these ATGMs that wrecked havoc upon T-72's on multiple occasions, not APFSDS rounds that were riding in ammo storage for 40 years without use. It's also funny how for the last 20 years US was stuck in conflicts with barely any AFVs on opposing side and yet it was once again driving around APFSDS in ammo storages. The situation was comical enough that US army had ordered development and fielded a shrapnel round BEFORE it had "stooped down" to file an order for delivery of already existing HE ammo. Though you can argue that inability to get ammo matching the challenges of new urban combat environment indirectly led to lower civilian casualties. So there's at least some good in it. HE round can also be equipped with programmable fuze to work in different modes, including HESH. Which one is more effective against concrete? I'm not going to make a conclusion to these random data points I've mentioned, just let you dwell on if there is anything they have in common with the topic. P.S.: unlike APFSDS, HE ammo doesn't lose effectiveness with range. On modern battlefield with proliferation of FPV drones, tank commander can observe and lead his shot over distances far beyond normal combat ranges for tungsten and DU rods.
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