[Gaijin Please] Add the Additional Armour Package to the Challenger DS

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๐€ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ (๐ƒ๐’) ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ

This post is about Gaijin adding the additional armour package to the Challenger DS.
Every bug report submitted about this issue has been rejected, despite players providing photographic evidence and reliable sources showing and talking about why the Challengers in Desert Storm used this additional armour package.

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Personally, I chose not to buy this tank because of this missing feature. However, I would seriously consider purchasing it if Gaijin added the armour package into the game.

There is honestly no reason why this cannot be implemented. If the developers do not want to spend time adding the sand bags and whatnot, there is a very simple solution: add the additional armour as a modification. Once the modification is installed, the tank can use the same model as the one currently in the tech tree.

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This would be a simple fix that requires minimal effort while making the vehicle more historically accurate. There is no real reason why this cannot be added, especially considering the evidence already provided by the community.

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๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐  ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ. ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ.

https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/CQ60GS6u4z5F

https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/G4Ane6wSkUm4

https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/l6yFshv7tjvx

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๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐ƒ๐’ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ค๐š๐ ๐ž?
  • โœ… Yes, add it as a modification
  • โŒ No, keep the vehicle unchanged
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The funny thing is that the Challenger 2 TES and OES have the opposite problem. There are already plenty of MBTs in the game that can remove their heavy additional armour packages, so it would make sense to give the Challenger 2s the same option. Being able to unequip the extra armour would reduce their weight and significantly improve their mobility.

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Only if itโ€™s BR doesnโ€™t increase.

If it moves to 11.0, it would be totally worthless. Whilst at 10.7 itโ€™s very solid

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This has been bug reported and the report accepted

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They need to be constantly reminded that things like this still need to be implemented because they often forget. Plenty of bug reports get accepted, and then you donโ€™t hear another word about them for years.

This tank wouldnโ€™t move up in battle rating, and thereโ€™s no reason it should. The Mk.3 already has the additional armour, and it should also have the option to equip or remove that armour.

Why would you think this would increase its BR?