The AMX-30B2 is a French medium tank placed at a battle rating of 8.7. Utilizing both Thermals, Laser-Rangefinder and APFSDS, its quite a versatile tank.
But there is one eeny tiny thing that is missing, yes i am talking about a Stabilizer or Armor. Since the BRENUS version has ERA and IRCM (Basically the “armor” that the normal version is missing) it should make the battle rating a bit higher.
And since the normal version is missing these features i think that it (The normal version) should be 8.3.
Instead of increasing the BR of various MBTs with composite armor, LFR, Stab, and APFSDS that can pen more than 190mm at 90°, we’re down tiering things like this
I don’t have the T-55A but I believe it might be. Nonexistent armour and having no stabiliser while being as bouncy as it is makes it extremely bad in many of the close quarters maps of this game
It has worse penning APFSDS (129mm at 60°at 10m), the armor profile is worse than AMX-30 btw, no LFR, no smoke grenades, 8.7 sec max reload, worse mobility, no thermals.
Most battles I’d take the stab over all of those. But you’re right maybe it’s compressed a bit but the two AMX-30 should not both be 8.7 and the BRENUS cannot go up.
There are so many vehicles that do not have the same strengths as the AMX-30B2 at 8.3 or 8.0 it easily surpasses them completely, it’s like if the TAM was 8.3
People say the same about Leopard 1 at 8.0 and the others at 8.7 & 9.0
The tank is fine, what’s needed are better and bigger maps. The Brenus needs to be given the real protection of its ERA, better ammunition, and its BR increased.
When did I ever call it unplayable or some such? It just becomes really dificult to do well in on such maps because your reaction time due to no stab is insanely bad.
The AMX-30B2 Brenus in the game (with a 750hp engine) is a 1998 upgrade. In the game, its best round is the OFL 105 F1 (1981) with penetrations of 361mm at 0º and 209mm at 60º, but it could also fire the Vextra’s best ammunition, the OFL 105 G2 (1987) with penetrations of 445mm at 0º and 257mm at 60º. Besides these two rounds in the game, there’s the OFL 105 G3 (1987), which has slightly less penetration than the OFL 105 G2, and the OFL 105 F2, which is the same design as the OFL 105 G2 but made of Du instead of tungsten, making it even better in terms of penetration. than the OFL 105 G2 that is already in the game with penetrations of 445mm at 0º and 257mm at 60º.
The problem remains the same: if it doesn’t have a stabilizer, but if there aren’t correct maps, and its ammunition isn’t correct, nor its ERA protection, in the end those tanks end up being left in the Br they are in, because historically they don’t have certain features (stabilizer), but there is also the problem that they artificially deny it other historical features on purpose.
