Looks like it
And as-installed inside a Striker (same privately owned VRL354S/08FF07 shown in my other post)
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Personally I’d prefer Sabre as a premium. Didn’t the British add power traverse eventually on the Mk 2? Whereas the regular Scimitar never got it.
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Here is some info on some sights on the Scimitar (and maybe Scorpion). It also is a good visualisation of the different sighting systems. While not to specific on the capabilities and specs of each sight, it is a good overview.
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I was wondering if that was you lmao
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Could you please add my suggestion to the list?
Thanks :)
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Added, and then corrected!
One more remark, the Scorpion trialed both the Cockerill Mk.III gun and the Cockerill Mk.III A1 / Cockerill Mk 3 M-A1 gun.
Cockerill Mk. III gun with the typical triple-baffle muzzle brake seen on Cockerill guns, here on the Belgian prototype and the Malaysian Scorpion 90.
Cockerill Mk. III A1 gun with the MECAR single-baffle muzzle brake, here on the last stage of the British prototype and the Venezuelan Scorpion 90.
Evidently it doesn’t change much, as the difference is mostly in the gunbreach and the muzzle break, but it does mean that one can fire APFSDS-T and the other not.
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Lets talk about that missing amor lol.
Considerable amounts of frontal armor and turret armor just doesn’t exist as gaijin didn’t look into the hull enough.
I can tell you that is more than 35mm and it is flush all the way down until the floor after the radius.
CVR(T) family armor protection // Gaijin.net // Issues
More details and a full explanation here.
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The Complete Family of CVRTs:
As always let me know if there’s anything missing, any errors, or missed suggestions. (Or if you know service dates I’m missing!)
Change Log
13/10/24 - v1.2:
- Added in some more dates
- Clarified Scimitar variants (Thanks @da12thmonkey)
- Clarified the Nigerian Scorpion 90, They operated the Belgian upgrade.
12/10/24 - v1.1:
- Moved to correct thread
- Fixed some incorrect parenting
- Fixed incorrect country codes
- Added some Scorpion 90 turreted vehicles (SIMBAS Scorp. 90 + Smiba AC90)
Scimitar should have one more branch for the LEP version with BGTI (normal LEP version and its derivatives had ESPIRE)
As far as I know, the Scimitars sold to Latvia were normal LEPs, not 235s.
There were LEP versions of Striker and Spartan (and the other non-combat versions like Samaritan, Sultan and Samson).
It’s a bit redundant for the Striker as they didn’t have a Plasan armor kit before they were retired and the Combined Sight that added the thermals we have ingame, was done before the LEP (the ingame model doesn’t have the correct sight modelled). But from LEP, there was a 235hp versions of Spartan (and Sultan, Samaritan and Samson), and Scimitar Mk2 is derived from Spartan 235.
The Spartan with the Kongsberg RWS and Javelin is definitely a Spartan LEP but I don’t know if it was a LEP 235 or not. There was also one with an MSI RWS, which looks more like it was a Spartan 235
https://x.com/thinkdefence/status/1749521097538580550
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I have a question, can the 30mm Rarden cannon fire continuously like the 40mm Bofors? Or does it have to use up the 3-round clip before adding the next one, which would mean there would be a delay between each clip.
There are 3 rounds inside the gun, and 3 rounds on the feed tray. Firing cycles the feed system mechanically.
If at any point you have a blank space in the feed (eg. either 4, 5, or all 6 rounds have been fired), the gun needs to be manually cycled using the crank handle at the rear in order to cross the gap in the feed, which can cause a significant delay in fire rate.
In order to avoid this, turret crews will load 3, fire 3, load 3, fire 3, etc, so that the 3 internal rounds are always present.
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My bad, I kinda assumed given the time-frames, Gov press releases[1], and them appearing to be ESPRIE not BGTI models. But to be completely honest I have a bit of love goggles for the Scimmie, it’s may be my favourite tank but I’ve never really cared for the differences, a Scimmie is a Scimmie and they bring me joy.
Latvian Scimitar
Found a walk around too if that helps anyone pick out anything that makes it a LEP or a 235
Ah thank you for the Clarification!
Added it in!
[1] “The highly-mobile UK vehicles have been sold to the Latvian army in a package worth £39.4 million, including their overhaul and refurbishment.” - Latvian army purchases UK armoured combat vehicles - GOV.UK
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Can hold 6 rounds at a time and can be reloaded in clips of three. First three have to be moved along the mechanism by a hand crank, from then on the firing of the gun cycles the mechanism itself.
screenshots from the RARDEN user handbook
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The Scimitar and Striker got their Brake forces reduced and Neutral steer ratios increased
They are now practically fixed
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And people say going on the internet and bitching about stuff doesn’t fix anything!
Incredible, really looking forward to trying out the changes and very happy to see that the neutral steering was also added!
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Here’s the Belgian variant of the FV102 CVR(T) Striker. @l2ulan
I swear this suggestion was pending for quite some time. I almost was a full year after the original post:
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Great work, added to the list. Belgian Striker would be a good candidate for addition to the game as the current British Striker model is very similar.
Correction; top speed is 50 mph (written as 80 km/h in the Belgian manual).
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Thanks, I saw several values so I didn’t know which one to use, I went with one supplied by the Brussels Royal military museum:
If the manual says 50 mph, then I’ll use that one.
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