Challenger 3 MBT - Technical Data and Discussion


Thanks, that may come in handy

I found another CR3 infographic from Thales about the ORION sight that specifically states it has “video tracking”

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nice!

It also auto sets the HE.

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Im glad they listed to my report, it works really well

The lock range is up to 10km, which is quite insane

The HE-TF works reliably to shoot down helis and planes, sometimes it won’t outright kill them but usually it either one hits them or does enough damage to cripple them

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The FV4005 is still the best AA in the game though, wish it had a radar though

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Does the range autoupdate with the IRST

yes, the laser range finder constantly updates the fuse to the exact distance

Shooting down helis and planes is quite easy with the lead indicator to provide perfect lead

It makes the HE-TF shell extremely effective against helicopters and you can even shoot down low flying planes

So far I believe only the following countries get MBTs with IR tracking and HE-VT/HE-TF shells

  • Britain
  • Russia
  • Israel
  • China

chinas in the best state atm as they have an actual proxy round

true, but Chinese tanks have a very long reload of around 7 seconds which holds them back a bit

The 3TD has a 6 second reload and the Merkava has a 5 second reload with shells that in practice give you similar results

vt-4 has 6.5 no?

I believe it was going to be buffed but on dev its still 7.1

chally 3TD has LWS in battles in dev server… not in modifications though.

Well thats a mistake /bug that sneaked in then

It was spwcialy removed at one point

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That shouldn’t be the case, the LWS on the real Challenger 3 comes in the form of its “ears” on the side of the turret that the CR3TD lacks

probably just a bug

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the TD is a TD so everything on it is a mock up

Rare Gaijin W?..

Hopefully this plays well when Ajax finally meets the tech tree, and Challenger 3 Production using the same/similar optics/eletronics.

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Been using DM11 to fairly good success vs just about everything really. Explode drones, explode helicopters, explode unfortunate straight flying jets…

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A great new photo of Challenger 3 with additional armour addons (Source: Caliber Defence)

It’s really coming together, it looks like a Challenger again

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