Could the RU251 go back to 7.0?

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(I don’t think this is comparable due to the FCS), but the Ikv 91 also has a pretty weak 90mm HEAT-FS, plus extremely thin armor, and sits at 8.0. You may think the LRF is great and it is, problem is most enemies you face in uptiers have a LRF too, plus SABOT rounds and full stabilization.

The AML-90 can also be brought up: 90mm HEAT-FS + unexistant armor + very cramped interior (meaning one shot and you’re dead). It sits in 7.7 and I see nobody complaining. The same happens with the AMX-13-90.

Ru 251 has got excellent mobility, and the HEAT-FS seems to have a good muzzle velocity, I really don’t see why it doesn’t fit in 7.3. I recommend you review your playstyle since it’s obviously not a tank made for frontal assault, move through the flanks and only if you make sure you’ll make it out alive.

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This is not worth bringing up lol, they are for ranging. But yeah Ru251 BR sucks for lineups and basically leaves it with nothing.

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This hardly matters.

Both vehicles have pros/cons with each other and aren’t that far in performance. Ru251 also lacks lineups.

So it can be pointless and unplayed? No thanks

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Yeah, in FULL uptiers and even then only 1/2 the tanks have LRF, so yeah, having a LRF at 8.0 is a big deal.

Reload speed cripples gun, tank is very .50 cal’able, and it has zero lineups to fit into so you have to uptier it to 7.7.

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You are seriously trying to tell me the lack of a turret doesn’t matter to playstyle? And that a 76mm gun is equal to a 90mm gun?

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A lot of vehicles are vulnerable to the .50 cal, that’s not a valid excuse to downtier it. For a GRB lineup you could have the Ru 251, M47, Wiesel and Luchs. It’s not much though, and I agree more 7.3 vehicles would come in handy.

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What? I use quotes for a reason. Read what I quoted. Yes, it doesn’t matter that the T92 has a 76mm gun instead of 90mm because it also reloads almost twice as fast…

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What? Read closer in the future. I didn’t say “this is the main reason to downtier it!”

You are grasping at straws and it’s obvious, you know that right? M47 is another premium and Wiesel/Luchs are very specific vehicles that are not generally useful in a lineup besides as niche backup. You can’t make a lineup out of 2 premiums and 2 autocannon vehicles at 7.3.

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Look at the AML-90/ELAND-90. They are both 90mm heatfs slingers, but they lack the cross country performance of the RU-251, they can be penned by .50 cals frontally, and they get arguably worse movement abilities in general, as they lack a reverse gearbox as well.
THEY ARE 7.7

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Ru251 at 7.0

not with that HEAT-FS shell

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For like 3 shots, then it’s a similar reload

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I don’t know why people are getting so bent out of shape about the 90mm HEAT-FS, it’s the same hunk of shit shell that you get on the 5.7 M36B2. It’s not a big deal

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You can replace an ammo rack

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Compared to M46 and German needs a LT at lower BR, I even believe the RU251 could be 6.7, heat-fs doesn’t make sense for such a high BR vehicles, unless gaijin delete M36’s

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It fits in at 7.0 with other similar vehicles like C13 T90

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Idk if its just me but the Eland 90 was one of the most unstable Gun platforms I ever used. I haven’t used it recently but maybe I’m just bad though.

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The Ru 251 exclusively has a massive lineup.

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C13 T90 has worse ammo, worse platform, and is slower.

All of Ru 251’s equivalents are 7.7.

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??? its a real nice platform idk how you got to this conclusion, if you want bad try the Ratel with the same turret

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Both are very unstable

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Well the ratel is over a full br lower, where you barely see any stibilized tanks, so it is less of an issue, and on my experience it’s actually more stable.