Test Fire: Armor Penetration Sim

Test Fire: Armor Penetration Sim

Real engineering simulation to create the ballistics of any projectile and any target with any material of your choice.  Test Fire is an armour-penetration sandbox built on finite element analysis (FEA), with two ways to play: a set of campaign levels with specific mass and cost limits, and an open sandbox editor to create and destroy anything you desire. 

Real FEA Simulation

Every impact is solved with FEA. Armor deforms, cracks, shatters and spalls based on the material and the load. Slope, thickness and spacing all matter. Rounds ricochet, break apart, or get stopped halfway through.

Any Target

Draw armor in any 2D shape at real-world scale. Layer materials, slope plates, and leave gaps for spaced armor. Add explosive reactive armor. In the campaign, every extra layer costs you money and mass that brings you closer to the limit. 

Any Projectile

Build any 2D projectile you can think of: full-calibre AP, APCR, APFSDS, HEAT, HE, or something that doesn't have a name yet. Shape, length and material decide how it penetrates and how it breaks up.

Any Material

Materials are made based on real material data, including strength, hardness, toughness and density. Ceramic shatters, steel bends, and you can make your own in the custom material editor.

Watch It Break

Replay every shot at any speed. View overlays shows the different screens capturing velocity, stress, damage and material for the entire ballistic, so you can see exactly where it failed.

Engineering Challenges

Two campaigns that run from World War I to the modern day, many based on real vehicles and ammunition.

• Armor Campaign: Stop the incoming round without going over the cost and weight limits.

• Projectile Campaign: Design a round that gets through the armor.

Every level is scored on cost and weight, with leaderboards for the cheapest and lightest solutions.

Free Editor

Draw, erase, fill, shapes, layers, copy and paste, and mirror. The Sandbox has no limits. Save your designs, share them, and import other players' designs to test against your own.