debris parts survive reentry

[antipro]

Hi, I have more than 2300 hours of play, since v1.2 or sooner, hundreds of launches and I don't remember ever seeing any debris parts surviving a kerbin atmosphere reentry like recent times.
and I'm not talking about light or small parts like fins only, but also 1.25 or 3.75 tanks with things attached, that seem they impact ground at high velocity. does it happen to any of you too?

Edited April 24, 2020 by antipro

[Fraktal]

This has been the case since at least 1.5. I only ever had landing legs, externally-mounted science equipment and maybe fins burn off, everything else always remained in one piece.

[Reactordrone]

It's fairly normal for parts to survive re-entry and then hit the ground at speed. The weirdest thing I ever saw was a decoupled engine and fuel tank land perfectly intact next to my capsule when I first upgraded to 1.8 (I think). That's never happened again though.