Judging By first impressions I would say improved, The whole turret Looks thicker
Maybe more like a Leopard 2 structure
Frontal arc protection values were set at 500mm KE minimum per the tender requirements. The mantlet being the weakest spot should therefore be at the 500mm KE minimum value.
So even with the Leo flat block it should still work out to ~500mm KE.
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Thats rather impressive, 500mm on a gun breach Is a huge step up from what we have now in game. Although this tank won’t appear in game for easily 3+ years.
Although I am still waiting to see some top down pictures, I wanna see this turrets real size
Would explain why the roof above the gun shield slopes down
There is alot of material in the gun breach, its just not a single mono-block piece.
You can actually see the requirement in the Challenger MLI Turret;
The 500mm req was for challenger 2 and is what should be the protection in game rn
Never seen this before defo a interesting look.
Yeah the whole turret Looks to be a complex mesh of Modern materials
The physical thickness of the new armor pack appears to be even thicker than the original armor pack + additional armor plate
any link？
Looks the same to me. Same plate just integrated into the UFP.
yea but it looks a lot thicker from the drivers hatch to the top
exactly, so its like the ufp has less slope
Maybe, Seems the photographer took the pic while kneeling since it adds a “dramatic” effect
they probably do the same thing the ones on the Abrams do, thermal pads for friend from foe detection
That’s what I thought, But never know with modern tech
I reckon they plan to add some modular armour to the turret roof since that would explain why the loaders hatch is so high and other elements