i don’t think we lap load anymore, after one of our CR2s nuked itself in training
Dropped it onto a powder charge or something
or am i forgetting the actual cause of that incident
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Thats because a part wasnt fitted when firing. The round blew up in the chamber detonating.
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DVD 2024 is just the defence expo it was shown at, not really sure they can do that
it would make more sense to just name it after its registration number
Challenger 3 Prototype 62KK19
The fatal Challenger 2 accident at Castlemartin on 14 June 2017 occurred when the tank’s 120 mm L30A1 gun was fired without a critical safety component known as the Bolt Vent Axial (BVA) assembly fitted to the breech. The absence of the BVA allowed high-pressure, superheated propellant gases to escape backwards into the turret when the gun fired. These gases ignited combustible material and exposed propellant charges that were not secured inside their armoured storage bins, resulting in a catastrophic fire and explosion within the fighting compartment. The subsequent Service Inquiry and coroner’s inquest found that the gun’s ability to be fired without the BVA installed was the primary cause of the incident
So think we can lap load the sabot but nothing else.
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Wasn’t it something as simple as bit of cotton/fabric that mucked up the obturation (basically - sealing) of the breech? The BVA would’ve prevented it somehow.
Actually - scratch the above. I was misremembering something else. It was literally the BVA not being there.
Oh lordy, don’t show that video will be positive proof you can’t load the main gun while firing the coax because the loader is feeding the MG belt - nerf incoming
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No, the pre-production vehciles will be known as CR3P, which if you recall was the original name for the ATD we have now, which is clearly wrong.
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Yeah BVA was wrapped up in cloth and stored in the BV or another compartment i believe
Three guesses what THAT vehicle will get as a nickname…
Oh I know haha, my dad was on Chieftain/Challenger 1 (Gunner and Commander on CR1) in the HCR (they went to Scimitar after CR1), he’s often watched me play War Thunder and wondered what the hell I was doing fighting street to street in a Challenger… or the occasional “stop sky lining yourself”
They really should of given the CR3 abomination we have in game blow out panels, I hate playing the thing as it currently is in game
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I don’t even have it in my lineup, it’s worthless to me.
Yeah they are made for the open farm fields of eastern europe. Literally perfectly made to fight against russia in eastern europe in a war.
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Same.
Yep, and war thunder is purpose made for the soviet MBT doctrine
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And advertisement
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This reads as that the original report was only accepted on technical terms but never looked in as a serious suggestion. Accepted reports are figuratively and physically throw into the trash.
Not really how it works
Wait until some blokes told you to stop yapping because your stat-shark ain’t nothing.
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Based on what I’ve seen the KE protection is very questionable even against Mango. The entire point of the vehicle wasn’t “crew survivability” but rather to break free from needing western equipment. The cheapest effective way to do that was to use spaced armor, and fuel inserts instead of developing composites. The basis for the vehicle didn’t start with composite, that was an improvisation unlike vehicles like the Abrams which was designed with composite armor in mind from the get go.
There isn’t much space and weight you can spend on composites of your vehicle wasn’t made with them in mind. For example the T-55. Even the T-55M6 I think had weaker armor than the T-72 counterpart for example. But yes you’re right, it’s meant to fight asymmetrical conflicts with full air superiority, and recon superiority. It isn’t meant to fave serous KE threats as the surrounding nations it picks fights with tend to not have anything meaningfully “menacing” other than hand held CE, and maybe tanks with weak Darts at most.
But in war thunder for whatever reason the LIC has better side composites than the 4B, and M variant. It’s so strong it’s the only tank where angling up to 30 degrees is a smart decision. Unless they hit your lower hull or turret they are really risking getting pulverized. The round it uses is STRONG. And the HE is magically strong too. Whichever is loaded and you fumble on the upper side composite you can be dealt with.
But to be fair it doesn’t make a huge difference how strong the dart is at that rank (unless aiming at angles Relikt side armor) because I’ve even punished T-80Us, etc with L23A1 for fumbling on a Chally 2 somehow… If it goes through it can somehow clear. Spall is very inconsistent with high pen which is funny.
Chally 3 TD should get DM63a1 because I’m tired of blowing up…