I’ve recently discovered a new liking with the Type 87, the Japanese “Gepard”.
The 35mm shells are powerful and can easily side shoot many tanks, with the exception with those with good side armor like T-54, M60, Centurion; lots of players will be playing Leopard and light tanks like Mardar.
The chassis is fast and can depress the suspension; one of the biggest problems with most SPAA is their tall positions and poor gun depression so the suspension is really helpful.
It’s AA performance is also decent. The radar scans very quickly and in a 360deg (unlike Shilka) so alerts you to air targets before even name tag show up.
I don’t play arcade but my favourite against tanks in realistic is the Crusader AA Mk ii, the twin Oerlikons shred anything light and you can technically kill a Sherman side on with it. On a side note, I once managed to kill an M4A1 with my Japanese M16
I suppose your vehicle is better in RB. Well, every vehicle that relies on side shots. It got low position so name tag really take away its small size advantage.
I don’t play top tier but SPAA at higher tiers are a plague in GRB. Down low they aren’t much of an issue other than cannons like the M42/Oerlikons and the Bofors
Best SPAA against tanks is undoubtedly the AMX-30S DCA for me. It gets unlimited APDS belts, 600 rounds per gun total while having 1 APDS, 2 APHE, and 1 HE composition, which is great for all purposes. Probably the reason why it’s the same BR as the PGZ09 despite having much worse AA capability.
It gets a LRF and high fire rate. No stabilizer, but the vertical traverse is fast enough to act as a pseudo-stabiliser. Mobility is good because of the AMX-30 platform. Devastates every tank from the side, and kills many from the front given enough time and knowledge of where to shoot.
Despite it’s issues, it’s a fun vehicle to play. When not needed for SPAA you can scout and slap light tanks and when needed for SPAA you can usually deal with most threats without too much issue unless it’s cloudy.
Just need to finish fixing it and add all it’s missing features
If just looking for a powerhouse anti-tank SPAA then that has to be the Falcon
It’s listed as an spaa, but should really be classified as spg, as I rarely see players shoot down CAS with it. The ROF is too low for fast air attacks, but it has decent armor pen.
gepard, i was quite dissapointed with german vehicles at that BR except for rakatenautomat but once i researched gepard i fell in love, its perfect against aircraft, sucks against drone and its decent against tanks
now im playing with rakatenjadgpanzer 2 HOT, and it sucks… missile is amazing against tanks in terms of penetration but falls behind against most aircraft and its very slow in comparison to the previous version, if said version had this missile it would be superb, ofc thats kinda off topic since it’s not AA but atgm
DCA 40, Lvkv 42, L-62, DCA 30, anything with the Oerlikon 35 mm autocannons (except the XM246 since it doesn’t have apds, its slow and the cannons are in the middle instead on the sides), Falcon, ZSU-57-2, 2S6, ZSU-37, SUB-I-II and AMX-10P, ADATS, Praga, Sdkfz 6/2, CCKW 353, Lvtdgb m/40, Crusader AA Mk I.
