Not like it would take long since its like 2.7
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This could be a great addition to flesh out the early Sweden/Finland tree tiers. Since the USSR one is 2.7 and this one is the same but with more armour, a BR of 3.0 is probably most appropriate. Would be challenging in an uptier, but still useable.
Edit: 2.7 is better.
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Eh i mean we have armored T34’s at the same BR as the non armored. The T50’s gun is basically useless against most 3.7 and 4.0 which would essentially kill it. Cant see any reason it cant be 2.7 considering the 3.0 lineup is nonexistent.
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I tested in in the hangar Protection Analysis on a number of 4.0 tanks at around 500m, and without using APCR it looked able to penetrate and kill all the targets in 1-3 shots. But there were some (i.e., Churchill Mk. III, Pz. IV Ausf. H) which would certainly not be fun to come up against and which needed an almost dead-on shot into a very small weak spot. And it can’t frontally penetrate the Excelsior assault tank at all.
So with that kind of possible player experience in mind, it’s definitely preferable for this to be the same BR as the USSR T-50. I had another whiz through the hangar, and everything else at 1.7 should be able to kill it frontally at 500m, at least in the turret (or cupola). The Italians will be the worst off, as they don’t have a good HEAT or derp launcher below 2.0, but it’s killable if they keep prodding it enough in the head.
The T-50 is not difficult to deal with since it only has 37mm at the less angled areas of the mantlet. And the Niki variation doesn’t fix the mantlet weak spot, so it will still retain the very weak 37mm.
Oh yes. Huh, that’s surprising, I thought they had up-armoured the mantlet for some reason. Odd choice, but at least it means you can still do the wiggle-jiggle to try and avoid direct frontal shots.
Could’ve been to time consuming to try and cut armor to fit the mantlet while making room for thr sight to see out of? Most Finnish engineer record essentially cover a lot of topics like this with some “add on” armor just being BT chassis’ they destroyed and cut apart since the Fins hated the BT series.
Yeah, I heard the M17 consumes too much fuel for it to be viable for the Finns, theyd rather use the T-26
Yeah, its honestly pretty interesting to see the reasons behund small choices like this to me. Helps me see a better view of practically for these types of things
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