Over the past few updates i have been busy thinking about the current and future state of high/top tier Great British (Rank 7 & 8). I personally feel like Britain (and some other nations) are being left behind un terms of vehicles, especially in the IFV Line.
I made a quick mock-up of what i would like to see in the future top-tier of the GB Tree. I am no expert on BR’s, vehicle positioning or whats balanced but i did what i could best. I am open to suggestions.
Im sure there is more to add like Patria and other warrior variants but for us to get a nicely balanced and competitive tree, these are the vehicles we need. I see the UK Tree as pretty far behind compared to other nations at rank 8. Since the Challenger 2s dont have their 3-4sec reload, larger first stage ammo storage, front dozer blade, or any sniping/hull down spots, we have to be competitive via the line-up.
I personally think if more MBT’s are added repetitive tanks like the 2F or TES should be removed as its only minor differences between the two. When the C3 is added the C3 TD should be removed. There will still be a fair amount of vehicles and none that are fillers or repetitive.
Removing repetitive/similar vehicles could look like this
Between the lack of mobility and unwillingness to address armour issues (and there is only a limit to what they can do there) then a firepower buff would be the next step. Which could either mean a better shell (which isnt an option for the CR2) or a fire rate buff.
But yes, ERA Perf could be a unique buff for Britian, but it wont ever be unfortunately. Like 5 second reload, we might get it for 1 update, maybe, but never longer
The buff I really really want them to give the CR2s is a dozer blade. To basically all of them. Now that would be fun and quite a meaningful buff I think
With multi-vehicle SPAAs confirmed to be in the works, the Land Ceptor/Sky Sabre would be able to fill out top tier anti-air. There’s also the South Africa Umkhonto, I’m not sure which would end up being better.
There are also 3 or 4 variants of the Chally 2E that could be added. Differences would be minimal (different optics etc), but they could be tucked away in a folder and would let Britain have decent mobility at top tier
Greek Army Trials
Supposedly for South African Trials, whatever this one was for its still a unique configuration
And finally, this is a bit of a pipe dream, there’s also the 140mm Evolutionary National Tank, which is a 90 paper project but the cannon and autoloader were built, so this would be an equivalent to the Thumper, CATTB, Leo 2 140mm etc.
I tried making a Umkhonto GBL suggestion, but as of now it looks like multi-vehicle stuff still ain’t allowed. The moment it is, I’ll just copy my old suggestion
