Russian bias, at any BR and against any nation.
These prototype L23A1
There is no L23 it never existed
Pre service rounds were XL23E1 and are not accurate to the round we have in game
If it was accurate it would just be L23A1 but a little slower and heavier
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There litterally is.
Read.
I have explained it before.
The Shell existed in SOME capacity, there are multiple training rounds left with their original markings, and even some L23A1s left with the adapted markings when they got retrofitted with the new W-Ni-Fe penetrators.
You can tell the Original L23 rounds that were upgraded, from the Later production L23A1, by the A1 mark being stamped on afterwards, spaced away from the original L23 marking
While the later production non refitted L23A1 had a custom stamp.
There why is there no A1? Or E1 if its XL23E1.
its just Something-23.
There has never been L23
It was always L23A1 there hasn’t been any other round
Except the program started in the late 1970s with the OG XL23/L23 using the SAME PENETRATOR ALLOY AS THE L15A5 ROUND.
FOI request proved that the only round for the L23 family is L23A1
There is no other round
Every round ends with a number and L23A1 was the first and last there can’t be anything before it
L15A1 to L15A5
L26A1
L27A1
L28A1 to L28A2
Any pre production round is XL23E1
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Not a major thing as i tend to see 9.3 in these tanks most of the time anyway - however i do think giving the chieftain Mk10 and 900 a minor buff to compensate for the br increase is needed, slight acceleration increase and reload speed reduction would be great otherwise this could turn painful in full uptiers…
Upside is it won’t see 2s38’s at least.
Because that’s not how British L numbers work?
It’s always Ln₁An₂
Probably just a bad restoration, considering thats the only photo I ever see as evidence
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good joke fella
Jokes aside - chieftains wield better ammunition, better aim speed and angles. The MK10 has better turret armor. But the 9.3 for them? Its a joke. The only two that have SLIGHT reasoning are Khalid and Mk10. But i dont believe they should be there.
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Sure, the mk10 has good armour, but its basically only usable on long range maps with hull down positions and at this rate none of those will be left if gaijin have their way. The hull can be penned by everything and the cupola allows anything with aphe to lol pen it so it really aint that hard to counter. Its one of the more balanced tanks at 9.0. The 900 is just retarded because how does an extra 100hp or so constitute almost an entire br jump from 8.7 to 9.3 when.
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yeah basically that. Chieftains arent OP and arent bad, they are good as they are now. Why moving them? Its ridiculous
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I never had a problem with Cent MK10 at 9.0, and I’ve played a lot of 9.0 games against them. It’s a strong tank in the right hands and will punish those who don’t play to its strengths. Seems balanced to me? Though, when Gaijin keep putting tanks like the Object435 up to 9.0, you can understand it a little. Conversely, you have absolutely jacked vehicles and lineups there still such as China’s entire 9.0 lineup (they even gave the TTS DM33 last year). So while I don’t think the MK10 will struggle at 9.3, I just don’t see the real need to do this in the first place.
Maybe Gaijin felt a bit strange moving the TTD down to 10.0, so they had to punish Britain at the same time.
Hull down MK10 can be trouble. For both the enemy (and their own team when they’re not moving forward and trying to help the team cap some points when their teammates are struggling). Glad I clipped this shot of me taking out a hull down boy who was quite close to nuke from hull down kill farming. Threading the needle to hit that weakspot.
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Honestly the TTD is a perfectly fine 10.3 as well, All it needs is a reload buff to be good at that BR. DM63 is a hell of a round, and the thing is surprisingly durable. When you aren’t fighting Aimbot Beglights and 2S38s that snipe the turret ring at 1000m.
The whole point of the tank is to find a hulldown spot that has coverage of a vital part of the map and snipe, if it does anything else it suddenly becomes an 8.7 tank facing tanks like the t64 which can stop your round real easy. If the game is losing the best thing i can do is either try and get a nuke or ensure the cap im defending stays ours.
Also, the object 435 is a fast tank with t62 levels of protection with a lrf and dart? From the outside looking in it seems very capable when you consider moving it down would make it 8.7, and comparing it to a chieftain mk5 shows it would be a little too good compared to other 8.7s.
No clue as to why the TTD is moving down tbh, i love it and its just got amazing armour overall with how small the lfp is and the breach being the only weak spot. which is artificial as its somehow a different composite than the cheeks but cant go having a breach thats strong that would ruin the game. Imagine a tank “immune” to damage while hull down?
i wonder if the 900 gonna get its composite armor when (if) it gets moved up
That thing has dogshit gunner sight at 8x
Did my forget all legacy chieftains are missing their correct armour and engines.
C900 is the only chieftain with the correct cast armour layout.
If you’re 3 caps down the whole sniping thing is probably not working. Like the guy in the clip I posted. Yes, he had a great hulldown spot, but he was only able to farm kills from people who had already capped the points and were heading towards his spawn. His position in no way impacted the enemies ability to cap the points. Like, yes, I know it’s mostly a city (village) map, but sometimes you just need to get in there.
Yeah, just stop right there. Go use the 435 and get back to me.
My complaint about the TTD is the lack of machine gun. Can’t even remove bushes unless you run them over or fire your main gun at them. Maybe it’s fine for ULQ abusers, but not for me. Some maps I have to cut down half the jungle just to see.
Hopefully.