FV107 Scimitar: Single-Edged Sword!

I hope this doesn’t mean that there won’t be a teaser today?

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RULE BRITANNIA !
Lovely

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i know its been said to not rely on past updates
but usually we have nearly a week of dev server, then around a week post dev server, and the update this time of year usually comes out right as November starts,
I’d say there is a pretty large chance of it coming today, since its almost always on a Thursday

also double negative

The Scimitar Mk.2 got those upgrades, but they were also implemented onto the Mk.1 later in its life

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you can see the much bigger sights there

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Very nice, maybe a ground vehicle I’ll actually farm.

(Though the 30mm APDS nerfs have me concerned for it)

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Stay Calm GIFs | Tenor

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Now they’ve been officially mentioned. We hope to see them soon 😜

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Will it get L21A1 APFSDS ??

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Looking at it, it’s about a 1994/1995 configuration (the period where they’d deploy on Op. Grapple then Op. Resolute in the Balkans)
It’s got the OTIS storage bin on the back of the turret, and mount on the commander’s sight where OTIS sits. So it’s not early early.
It has the larger, post Op. Granby (Gulf War) headlamps that are mounted on top of the mantle for the (unused and removed) flotation screen, so it’s early 90s at least. But doesn’t have later 1990s mods like guards around the headlamps, repositioned turn signal clusters, and proper standardised external stowage boxes that were manufactured by ABRO during Scorpion conversion to Sabre ~ late 1994 (modified surplus toolboxes from Chieftains were used on Scimitar during Granby, then these ones bodged together from warehouse shelving frames and wood or mesh plate appeared for units that didn’t have Chieftains to scavenge from).
Certainly doesn’t have stuff like TNTLS and the SPIRE/ESPIRE thermal sights that were added to some Scimitars shortly before the Life Extension Program, where they became standard in the 2000s.

Ed:- Couple of stock images of one from the Light Dragoons in identical configuration as part of UNPROFOR in early 1994

Scimitar 1994


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This guy Scimitars

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Would be good to see the updated front end.

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please G no, not another cancer fox

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If they give us a later one with ESPIRE or an LEP version with the Cummins engine, I imagine they will.

Glad to see my fellows British main having a good toy !

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Yes, finally.

To some extent i hope it is variant of the 1970s-1990s as @da12thmonkey have outlined in their very informative comment about the different significant Scimitar sub-variant/modernisations:

The reason why i am hoping for that it is the earliest version, is because it would probably be a similar BR to the FV721 Fox. At the same time, this would also be an opportunity for the later sub-variants to be added either at the same time or later on.

To be honest, the one i am really hoping for, is the Scimitar LEP EM 235, which have better engine, LRF & gen 3 thermals. While it does have the same capabilities as the Scimitar Mk.2, and some would maybe say the should just add the MK.2 instead, the advantage of the LEP EM 235, is that it is smaller, since they use different hulls from each other.

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Now this…I like

No one knows, but likely not. V rank, “uses the same ammo as Fox”, and the Fox have only APDS. Maybe something will change at DEV server.

The Blues & Royals squadron operated the Scimitar and claimed to have shot down an Argentine Skyhawk with the 30 mm autocannon… I see someone hated cas before it was cool, badass if true.

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At long last, our beloved has finally descended into our realm.

(still waiting for news of the scorpion)

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