Model in game the Abrams is missing an additional cover behind the NERA sandwich plates
First picture has the NERA backplate installed (NERA backplate seems to be 1.5" as that matches the upper turret plate in thickness)
Second photo does not have the NERA backplate but there is an additional plate here
As modeled in game
Taking a wild guess here but the Nera back plate might be made to contour the inner plate that’s not modeled.
Reason why I suspect this is not hollow is because there are bolt holes machined into the Nera backplate as shown in this photo. You can’t machine into something that’s hollow. They are counterbored holes to seat the bolts which screw into the additional plate that’s not modeled. In other words, the back of the Nera backplate must be solid.
Additionally since the Nera backplate is 1.5" thick at the thinnest points, the center section is probably even thicker than that since it’s angled.
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knowing gaijin, they will need some sikrit documents to prove that its true even if u make irl video of that part of the tank lol
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Hopefully they redesign it soon
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bcs its part of the armor and their policy, they will slap this as a sugestion even if this thing is literally whar era attaches to, and forget about it as all other abrams issues
I feel like they’re going to fix US ground in one sweep go. Here’s to hoping
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well that depends if they will make abrams model detailed or not, bcs if they do, then they will add it, and i hope they will model mbts armor more detailed
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I get killed very often through this Shield; the projectile goes through the shield of the gun. But knowing the biased attitude of Gaijin towards the United States, I don’t think that they will correct this. Abrams SEP V2 lower frontal part NERA has low values, in real life they are higher.
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Having this modeled would certainly help with hull down positions
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how did you know? sikrets?
There are three bug reports that are a year old, something about fuel cell bulkhead, side armor over ammo rack and turret ring. Gaijin just smacked accepted and forwarded as suggestion, this one will also join them. Maybe in 2026 one of them will be fixed
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yeah, we probably won’t see anything fixed until at least 2026
Probably not correct but here’s a guess
Since the thickness at top is 1.5" and it’s parallel to the mount plate of the nera pack, the nera backplate could look like this
(all measured in mm)
1.5" = 38.1mm
5" = 127mm
4" = 101.6mm
Basically 5" in thickness at the center
Could be potentially missing 101.6mm worth of armor at the thickest point
We know the Nera backplate modeled in game is 18mm so I used that as a reference
An increase of 109mm to 380mm would be 489mm which would make the breach very resistant to being destroyed in one hit
I did not model the mounting plate as I do not know how thick that is
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I would have a look at the armor thickness of the nera cover as well. It’s flush with the turret upper armor which is 38.1mm and protrudes out passed by the same amount
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just had that with the AH1Z HIRSS, closed and asked for documents EVEN IF IT’S ON ALREADY, just doesn’t have the values of the HIRSS in game, even if i showed a thread on the forum, and a document…
edit: of course it’s mod manager #1…
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Contacted two tech mods. No answer yet
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Hello there, that’s ingame, here!;
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Hi!
Thanks for the replying and clarifying.
Could you take a look at the armor between that and the Nera packs? If you peep the rest of the thread, you’d see what my other concerns are.
Thank you
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My pleasure!
I can’t see anything else beyond that; it’s just the trunion shield, and then, the armor module as depicted on the X-ray.
Are you sure the NERA backplate is that thick instead of being a “cover”-like shape? In that case, it may be worth more research!
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