Unfortunately they’ve specifically made it so that the 3TD is 12.0. For some reason it’s in their head that we’re not allowed good vehicles. The the real 2018 TD had a 1500hp engine and Trophy APS but instead they’ve taken the 1200hp figure and the lack of an APS from the actual Challenger 3 (That doesn’t exist yet) while not giving it the Spall Liners and better armour the Challenger 3 actually will get. Granted we don’t know how Epsom is better than Cobham but they could either increase the protection by enough to protect from 3BM42 or 46 or make it lighter.
LEP and HAAIP were separate projects
the TD has been depicted several times without APS since the announcement of CR3 (including at the press conference that the vehicle was physically there for)
Yes but all of the LEP’s were going to be on vehicles that received the HAAIP. Would be nice to see a HAAIP as a 2nd 1500hp Chally next to the 2E. Might even get ROSY too.
the two were merged with the CR3 announcement on 7th May 2021, the TD predates that so its perfectly fine for it to retain the 1200hp engine. I’m fairly sure HAAIP was tested on Megatron as well, so even if it was added it’d have middling mobility.
I’m also pretty sure the actual uplift (if there even is one) isn’t known, instead just being speculated about as there’s conflicting information.
in recent news, it appears gaijin has screwed the Challenger 2 yet again, and shadow nerfed its hull composites, i got lol penned by a Leclerc the other day at 800m, With a hit square to the hull composites.
The Leclerc has always been able to penetrate the Challenger 2’s hull armour…
The Leclerc’s shell has ~580mm of pen and the Challenger 2’s hull is 500mm protection. Even at 800m it will pen.
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I hope we can the MBT-80 in game at somepoint
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In the Cr2 Mk.2 project, HAAIP was considered as a potential upgrade.
https://youtu.be/clrF_-Il7zo?si=zvOVy_EckuXZPdvk&t=128