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Originally Posted by Panzerklein
They're not real ammunition, they don't cause casuality for tank crew, they can't be killed by just shot, useless they fall to river or cliff (real world sport accidents can cause death too), but in that situation no matter you in bumper car or tank, you may be dead. So it is still sport, and girls are playing.
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But they are live ammunition, as stated by Yukari in episode 2. However, the lack of casualties is due to two things (speculation unless otherwise stated):
1. The ammunition is regulated by the League to certain standards as implied by the official rules. This is likely to imply that the rounds are modified either in the actual bullets fired or in the propellant or both. The effect is to reduce the effective penetration value while still retaining most of their ballistic properties.
2. The stated "Carbon Coating", which is implied to provide a level of protection for the tank crew that can protect against lethal penetrations. Thus as long as the crew is inside the tank, they're safe from any weapon's fire coming their way.
While I don't think GuP is gonna go into the subject of death, the official rules mention that accidentally killing someone is grounds for disqualification (well obviously
), and there's nothing in the portrayal of the rounds in the anime that suggests that the tanks rounds they use are non-lethal. Miho's only response to Saori's query on getting hit is that she's unlikely to get hit; she doesn't mention what happens if she does get hit, which we assume to be particularly gory.
Besides, these are rounds that destroy buildings and can shatter steel, it doesn't take much to see that these rounds quite live and lethal. They even have actual High-Explosive (HE) rounds available to them - see that scene where Hana shoots that snowbank. (Note on that scene: HE rounds do contain fuses that can be adjusted for time to detonation. Thus the shell going into the snow and then exploding after a few moments later is actually correct).