That door and sheet metal are actually part of the turret basket assembly. Whether they provide protection or not would be highly dependent on turret position.
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I’m kicking myself right now because I happened to pass the brand new M1A1 that was delivered to the USS Alabama museum and did not think at all to take pictures of the turret ring height to fix this.
This was a noted issue when the tank first arrived but folks did sorta just forget its a issue. At the same time the 2A4 and the Type 90 had similar issues, and I know there was a huge amount of talk about them. I’m thinking their discourse might have drowned out the M1 having the same issue and people just forgot it existed. That and the hate the M1 was getting at the time for doing well also probably had an effect.
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Also, I noticed the side turret armor is less the sep 1 vs sep 2? Is this correct?
The
sep 1 has 101mm rolled homogeneous armor on side turret
Sep v2 has 13mm of rolled homogeneous armor on side turret
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Also, the turret ring looks to be sandwiched in between the hull armor and turret armor creating twice the MM in protection.
I don’t believe you can see the turret ring from outside the tank.
Why is this in Machine Of War Discussion and not suggestion, or make a bug report.
This is a discussion
Should I make this as a suggestion? I wanted to make sure this was a valid point to create
Seems more like a suggestion than a discussion. Since its something Gaijin should correct and if it means making a suggestion then so be it. There isn’t anything to discuss since this should be in the game by default.
You can steal this and make it a suggestion.
Do it, I’ll comment on it
Just do it yourself bud. You are the one who made this post after all.
That is a bug, and should be reported on the CBR.
For some reason I can’t post bug reports
It’s due to the image format. They need to be in-game screenshots taken with the print screen key, preferably in jpeg format. The screenshots can be found in the Warthunder install folder/screenshots folder. Also remember to include a client log (.clog) file from the same session in which you took the screenshots. Those will be located in the /.game_logs folder in the Warthunder install folder.
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The mating of the hull ring and the turret’s own ring is what is primarily incorrect, due to the slight increase in heigh gaijin included and the fact that gaijin seems to include the turret’s lip into the turret drive’s armor, it causes a severe lack of armor in the area of the turret ring, to the point that very small caliber rounds that should have no chance of getting through like stuart 37mm can sneak through with the right angle.
Also I would not recommend to engage with necrons, I’ve already blocked him, he was banned from the previous forums for a good reason, its a real shame said bans did not carry over to the new forums.
Isnt this already passed as a suggestion?
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/hn6WHPVB7r3K
Also fuel tanks were passed on:
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/xK4GPBS59dUL