Well, you’re not really having a discussion. You keep bringing up extremely skewed scenarios and expect me to continue writing articles upon articles debunking them one by one.
Like - I have to go and focus on every single part piece by piece, such as this:
This is a stupid situation as you’re implying the 2S38 has perfectly found a spot where there’s a rock/other piece of cover where only his turret is visible. On top of that - the CV90 has two crew on two sides, and a turret shoot is going to only kill one crew in 99% of cases. AKA, it won’t die from a turret shot.
The best cover (and most reliable) in the game is based on gun depression.
Hills, any area with a height advantage (where you SHOULD be), and every map has it. Using your gun depression is the main way to hide your hull. On top of that, the 2S38’s hull is larger, more susceptible to autocannons - and is mainly ammo/crew inside.
You don’t seem to understand that this:
Applies more to the Strf9040C than it does for the 2S38.
No real damage.
~50% of the Strf is (the entire rear) is also empty space where you will do NO real damage.
Shooting the front of the Strf from the side will only kill the driver. All that space between the area in front of the gunner/commander and the front of the vehicle is a non-kill.
If the Strf 9040C’s hull is facing you from the side, while its turret is facing your tank - you’ll only realistically be able to take out one crew member, as well, because of the spall liner. You can’t test this in the garage as the turret is always facing forwards, but I’m willing to bet it’s what happens in a real match. You can tell how little spalling there is, due to the spall liner.
Shooting the turret crew will obviously always result in only ONE crew member dying, as well:
And shooting the middle doesn’t seem to result in both of them dying, ever. In fact, shooting the middle of the turret usually only takes out the breech and doesn’t kill anyone.
As for the 2S38…:
Dead. Ammo blowout. Instant kill. Also possibly kills two crew members (this one was 1 dead and another orange).
That entire area in the middle is an instant kill. Shooting slightly in the front is an instant kill. Shooting the turret slightly lower is an instant kill.
Both the 2S38 and Strf9040C don’t have any crew/ammo in the rear 50% of the tank, except the 2S38 has the engine there, and will get mobility killed. The Strf9040C has literally nothing there other than the radiator.
The 2S38 getting shot in the middle will OHKO the tank with an ammo explosion. Shooting the front from the side will kill the 3 crew lined up. The Strf will only lose the driver and the engine when shot in the front, and you need to hit a fairly small area in the side to OHKO the gunner/commander. IF IT ISN’T the Lvkv9040C, which has 5 crew :).
Here’s a shot in the front going through the gunner, into the ammo - and being an instant kill.
If you happen to shoot where the spall-lined driver is on the Strf, you’ll also only kill 1 guy most of the time.
Also, you write THIS:
And you expect me to not say that you’re taking the piss.
The 2S38’s “stats” that are better are:
- horizontal traverse
- 50mm more pen on the APFSDS and the option for APHE
- 3hp/t more
- has an unmanned turret (with a platform that isn’t built to take advantage of it, as it’s just a BMP bodykit)
The Strf/Lvkv’s stats that are better are:
- THREE TIMES HIGHER rate of fire
- better reverse speed
- great spall liner coverage
- higher survivability (literally proven here, albeit anyone could have said that at a glance)
- considerably better gun depression
- far more resistant to autocannons (the 2S38 is not resistant to 25mm APDS or greater and will die momentarily, and can even be 50cal’d from the side at point blank)
- the Lvkv9040C has 2 extra crew (incredible advantage)
- the Lvkv9040C has a radar
So, what’s wrong with you?
Next, “the Lvkv is MUCH more anti air oriented”? Hello?
The Lvkv IS AN STRF 9040C. Except a slightly weaker APFSDS shell, but 2 extra crew and a radar. HELLO.
It’s the SAME TANK, except MORE SURVIVABLE, but with a weaker shell. Personally - I would rather take the Lvkv9040C for anti-tank duties just because of the 2 extra crew that make it less likely to get one shot and allow it to survive more. The slightly higher pen of the m/01 isn’t that much of an advantage over the 2 crew extra.