The BTR-90 is far away the best option, the other we already have hands into, BMP-2M. Would be good to introduce a vehicle with IFV capabilities at 9.7 which lacks of vehicle in the tech tree.
Also would be very fun to strafe people at 80km/h with the BTR, in counterpart wouldn’t be overpowered, this thing can be penetrated by 7,62mm at point blank.
If you want to consider BMP-3 and BMD-3, consider the BMP-3M “Manul” 57 and the BMD-4M.
I couldn’t find much about the 57mm Manul, I’m on the phone right now, but maybe ODIN have some very superficial information, Army Guide may help alot with the modules and BTVT has informations but I don’t think they covered Manul in any article, most of them are prototypes from the collapse of the USSR.
i doubt Algeria will be its own tech-tree. Maybe France could get it, along with other Algerian stuff like T-90SA and Pantsir.
but I think it going to Russia as an event vehicle is most likely.
Lets compare it to another largely unarmored fast tiny FAV that exists at 9.7, the Wisel TOW, its got, less ATGMs, no autocannon, inferior ATGMs, is stabilized and cannot fire on the move.
If you think that is somehow equivalent I don’t know what else to say.
Tell that to every single other AFV in the game beyond the Puma, even the legendary Namer cannot reliably tank rounds, this is a moot point.
Imagine being able to fire from behind cover, with TDA missiles and being the size of a damn smart car…
And the Berzhok system doesn’t stabilize at high speeds either, not to mention gun spread and the missile having to line up with the optic makes it a moot point…