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Originally Posted by Top Sergeant
IRL HE is designed to throw shrapnel (bad for infantry!)
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That's for frag grenades, not tank HE rounds. HE is deadly against infantry mostly by virtue of explosive power, with any kicked-up fragments being a secondary effect.
There are tank shells designed exclusively for anti-infantry work, like the XM1028 for the M1 Abram's 120mm gun, which is essentially a giant shotgun shell firing hundreds of high-speed pellets at speed.