If I was to hazard a guess. They wont touch the 3TD. Its barely worthy of being 11.7 as it is. With a major mobility nerf. It would need to go down to 11.3. And as this “tech demonstrator” was meant to showcase the bigger engine. I think its fine within the spirit of the tank.
But yes. The future Chally 3s. Unless its modeling a perticular prototype with an engine upgrade. Will likely use the same engine as the CR2s for now. But god knows when we’ll get our next MBT
TL;DR Future CR3 when it gets added is DOA.
Bad Aspects:
Good Aspects:
So no worthy upgrade for Britain’s MBT and side grade a best.
But hey, lets keep adding subpar/mid MBTs that offer no incentive to play the British TT which makes Challenger players just free XP pinatas for the meta nations of Sweden/Russia/Germany.
Knowing WT, 3TD will bet getting 1200hp next week and staying at 11.7.
Its over boys going full on Doomer.
Production variant is supposed to have them.
Yeah, there is a virtually 0% chance of it not having them.
we’re lost. Reject modernity, ebmrace low tier.
Either we get some Canadian/Australian tanks or Britain as a nation will stay a punching bag for everyone at top tier.
Can you provide a link to the original source of these photos?
Real CR3 won’t be like this?
I for one am looking forward to the challenger 3 getting nerfed as it further removes my desire to ever play top tier ground (aside from lobbing PGMs in the tornado).
Im not really sure what you’re thinking of…
The “production” Challenger 3
It’s a big survivability/armour upgrade over the other challies, the gun also allows for modern ammo (DM63,73) which doesn’t cook off when hit.
After all that, its still a prototype, we will likely see some changes in the future.
a man can dream
I should have clarified more with
In my head I was thinking of the lower plate spall liner but didn’t type that out. That’s on me.
@VatnikWrangler22 Im going to save all of your points to my hopium list and dream.
Saying probably and potentially is pure hopium. Do we really expect Gaijin to favor additions to NATO tanks? Of course not. How many tanks still are using the same composites after 30+ years that AT SOME POINT received more effective composites? Abrams and 2A7, those are only 2 I know.
Of course all tanks have weak mantlets, its going to be a natural weak spot.
problem being, with the remodel the CR2 mantlet should have upwards of 600mm of protection to the left and right of the gun. Simply based off the numbers in the game, 400 + 60 + 30 + 30(Volumetric 50mm-70mm) we are at 520mm of protection thats without factoring in angels and armour modifiers yet somehow we still only have 250mm of mantlet protection.
With all of that said, CR3 TD is using the pre-remodel mantlet design which is just a slab of 200mm with a 30mm cover. So unless we get evidence of the CR3 mantlet we are going to get the worse model.
I want the Challenger 3 to be good just as the next person, but Gaijin has show they are incapable of any leeway when it comes to NATO tanks that aren’t Sweden. I have absolutely 0 faith for the CR3 to bring anything slightly competitive to the British TT, I would love to be proven wrong and honestly hope I am but as it currently stands, I don’t have any faith.
That’s a inaccuracy/bug btw…
“Saying probably and potentially is pure hopium. Do we really expect Gaijin to favor additions to NATO tanks? Of course not. How many tanks still are using the same composites after 30+ years that AT SOME POINT received more effective composites? Abrams and 2A7, those are only 2 I know.”
I’m saying probably / potentially not out of hopium, but because we don’t know because the tank is a prototype and the specifications aren’t final yet.
Do I think the Challenger 3 is going to be the best tank in War Thunder? No, but its not just a sidegrade Challenger 2.
Its shares some of the same downsides as the other Challengers (Mantlet and speed mostly), but improves significantly in other areas.
Not just being able to just UFP the Challenger 3 essentially doubles the effective area covered by armour, its a huge buff.
Thats my very crude rendition of the Challenger 2’s “effective frontal armour” in red.
Thats my also very crude rendition of the Challenger 3 (The actual CR3 not the TD’s) effective frontal armour in red)
Those aren’t 100% accurate, but you get the point.
That’s going to make the tank a whole lot harder to kill, which means the armour is actually worth something.
Do you know for 100% that the CR3 has improved armour protection on the hull and turret?
If it has improved armour protection, the question becomes how much?
Since thats the important part for Gaijin. 1000 sources can say it has improved protection but unless there is a hard number for Gaijin, its not going to get any improved protection.
Looks like the Challenger 3’s LWS will be removed too.
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/aK9XbbUgKMz0
oh great…
Well time for 3TD to 11.3 then
Yes…. You can literally see the ufp has additional armour of +50mm. It categorically uses a new composite too…
Your diagrams have been great.
While I admit I am over-exaggerating my posts, Gaijin only accepts hard numbers on protection.
While yes, the graphics show that CR3 has improved protection. What does improved mean, it can mean a variety of different aspects of the armour. “Improved Protection” can mean a whole host of different improvements.
CR3 can have a new composite, but until a hard number can be found on its protection, all we are realistically going to get is a additional 50mm plate on the front.