BUFF the Merkava Mk.3B

Machinery of War Discussion Ground Vehicle
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The Merkava Mk.3B is very lacking in game. Having the same armour as the 9.3 merkava. Same gen 1 thermals for gunner only. Unstablized commander sight. But with 11.3 firepower. This thing shouldn’t belong at this battle rating. I suggest it gets moved to 10.3 or 10.7 considering the fact that there is a gap from 10.0 to 11.3 in the isreali tech tree. The merkava mk3 is extremely bad compared to other 11.3 MBTs like the T72B3, the M1A1 and the challenger 2. All theese 3 11.7/11.3 tanks has far better armour, sights, and smaller size. The merkava mk3 can be easily killed frontally as easily as using the 8.7 3BM3 shell. And now in the next major update it is getting a turret basket which makes it even more worse.
If it ever were to be buffed it’s either the armour should be improved or the sights or the BR. Because using the same armour and sights from the 9.3 merkava at 11.3 is unplayable.

Thank you and please pay more attention to this matter.

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11.3 firepower? It’s not firing DM33.
It’s firing M322, which is 12.0 firepower. Slightly better than 3BM60.

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Ture, top tier firepower but that firepower is useless if it is using 9.3 sights

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Gen 1 thermals are not bad, it’s the same with M1A1 and T-80U

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buff was promised 3000 years ago btw

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but the M1A1 and the T80U get better zoom, and the T80U gets a stabilized cmm sight
the merkava mk3b still suffers from being a huge boxy tank with barley any armor to whistand 11.3 firepower.