Considering the 3TD has the worst model of any Challenger ingame, I’m doubtful
I’ve also looked for sources stating directly that the CR3 has blowout panels, but I’m struggling to find reliable one. I imagine it almost certainly does, we know it has blast doors between the crew and ammo, but gaijin could refuse to give it blowout like on the TD.
HESH-FS when? Just file down the rifling bands I’m sure it’ll be an easy modification.
i honestly dont doubt us brits would come up with something like that for the l55
They will unless you find conclusive information.
Even still they might not give it them out of spite or something.
I’m betting they’ll just give it the same armour as well
always
IIRC the Old Man orator at the Bovington Tank Museum basically said the same. The engine block was 1500hp capable but was rev limited to 1200hp to preserve the engine. So with a new torque converter, turbo and improved cooling they can probably use the full rev range without overheating the engine.
The accelerations should be more IMO due to the gear stack being lower from a lower top speed and the stutter stop tracks should be improved to smooth constant turning consistent with reality instead of a D8 bulldozer from the 60’s with a broken clutch turning performance.
only for HESH it actually impedes Sabot rounds
It makes neither more accurate
but the spin increases the effectiveness of HESH (spreads more on armour), but reduces the muzzle velocity of APFSDS due to the need for an Obdurator ring to stop the spin of the rifling adversely affecting the APFSDS
isn’t HESH spin stabilised though?
when fired from a Rifled gun, such is everything bar APFSDS
There’s nothing stopping someone from making HESH-FS like we made HE-FS or HEAT-FS
Rifling does make HESH more accurate, it’s required to fire standard HESH shells as they are spin stabilised. Firing a standard HESH shell out of a smoothbore barrel would be incredible inaccurate as it wouldn’t spin at all.
To fire projectiles out of a smoothbore barrel they must usually be fin stabilised (Eg. HEAT-FS, APFSDS, HE-FS). Hence why you can’t really fire standard APDS out of a smoothbore barrel, same with full caliber AP shells.
However, there are a handful of fin stabilised HESH shells available nowadays, including a 120mm variant that the Challenger 3 could technically use
To my knowledge firing APFSDS out of a rifled gun doesn’t affect the velocity too much, but it is pretty horrible for barrel wear, hence why the L30 has much worse EFC compared to something like a smoothbore L55
not when compared to a HESH-FS, if what you say is true, then HE-FS and HEAT-FS would be less accurate too, which isn’t
yes as there is no stabilising at all, as its not Fin stabilised in that case, contrary to what you would have realistically out of any smoothbore
it does, compared to a same calibre, same propellant smoothbore, due to the much increased drag of the rifling, that is cancelled by the Obdurator anyway, though barrel wear is also a concern, and one of the primary reasons smooth bores are used today
Modern Western tank ammunition benefits from the plasma ignition technology learned as a biproduct from electromagnetic railguns research to achieve much higher chamber pressures. Pressures a rifled gun just couldn’t hold up to realistically without wearing out faster than a smoothbore as the pressure limits get pushed higher and higher.
Hey guys, just a quick reminder, the misaligned hitbox and model on CR3 TD is still not fixed after the issue being accepted one and a half years ago, giving the “new” turret same spec as CR2 even though CR3 has a sharper angle and even with the same composite layout it should have better CE/KE, but guess what…
Only 1.5 years ago?
Gotta wait at least another 2 to 2.5 years for a Challenger related bug report to even be looked at
new CR3 video
Unfortunately, he states it has 1200hp.
He also says a lot of incorrect info so idk if i’d take that as gospel, still has some good shots of the tank though