“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.
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.
Lighter?
Thicker?
Different Material?
Different Array layout?
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.
I just hope for the 3TD to get 5 seconds of reload time. It would be suitable for fighting in cities, because all the other CRs in the game have ammo at the back which leads to an OHKO as soon as you come across an enemy
Probably not higher, but they’ll keep it at the same BR as the 2A7V/STRV122 variants because it’s the UKs “top top tier tank”.
Need to give that illusion of an 11.7 line-up by just shoving everything up to fill it. Same with italy.
Mk ty, for My knowledge Main ammo for the Challenger 3 should be DM63 and DM11 wich use insensitive propellant and explosive for the warhead, so it could be that it dosent have a blowout pannel
Though they are developing a new shell for the Challenger 3. We dont know much about it yet, but its possible that shell would have a different propellent
All i know is that its being called EKE “Enhanced Kenetic Energy” round. But its been a while since I heard anything new about it. So it might be the same shell.
