Just did a few test drives and it’s performance is very close to other vehicles with similar engine ratios. Still the maximum speed issue is clear, it can’t even get close to 80kmh. This thing drives almost exactly like a CM25, which is just a fat, overtiered M113.
Doesn’t really seem to be, public sources say it is either 12 or 13 tons.
Its 12.26 with all the kit iirc, which is what the datamines suggest its going to be moved down to.
That plus removing the addon armour should hopefully give it a couple hp/t bump… Along with fixing the inability to get over 50kmh.
Scimitar Mk.2 Buff!
Those are some heavy mirrors
The tea table on top should be 2 tons then lmao
(I love how they dont plan to toggle it off because you have to be taller and easier to spot)
Shameless plug here, but with the idea I submitted, that could change if Gaijin were willing to implement it.
i remember that suggestion, it’s well made :)
i hope so, there is no reason to not let players do that, but of course it doesn’t generate revenue so ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Can we get a drone for it?
it was
Mirrors made of solid osmium
One of the worst and most nothingburger event vehicles ever.
How about making a better event vehicle that fits the current meta going forward.
only because its too high and missing a load of stuff.
meta isnt needed. just playable
The “13 tonnes” figure comes from the specs for the drivetrain upgrade to rate all of the 235bhp CVR(T) up to 13 tonnes, allowing for further growth potential.
Since the 195bhp Mk.1 Scimitars had gone from 7.8 tonnes, to 9 tonnes, to over 11 tonnes through the course of upgrades and modifications on ops during the previous decade, it was considered there should be some headroom in the 235bhp upgrade.
Scimitar Mk.2 wasn’t the heaviest variant among the EM235s and Mk.2s however, and figures for individual variants of the CVR(T)s don’t indicate any of them actually reached 13 tonnes GVW.
MoD figures for individual EM235 and Mk.2 CVR(T)s give Scimitar at 12,262 kg (max) and heavier versions such as the Sultan command post, and Samaritan ambulance variants as 12,321 kg and 12,383 kg (max) respectively.
So some CVR(T)s were already ~59-121 kg heavier than any Scimitar. When we consider the 13 tonne figure is the upper-limit that the drivetrain is rated for on all CVR(T)s, it’s not right to assume the Scimitar Mk.2 is the vehicle approaching that absolute limit.
That’s what makes it such an underwhelming event reward, and Gaijin not taking the initiative to fix it is kinda their fault.
Depends, but yes. To me, this vehicle isn’t playable.
oh no it isnt playable at all for me either, and my top 10 vehicles looks like this…
even at 8.0 it honestly needs APFSDS to even be kinda usable (it would only give like 10mm extra pen close up but much better range pen). I could see it lower than scimitar mk1 as the mobility loss is so extreme
Looks cool, thats like 50% of it right there.
But everyone knows, dont play a new British vehicle until at least 6 months to a year after its added.
But is gunna be my main scout in my 9.3 lineup alongside the chieftains, where I dont really care about its fire power and just want something to scout targets with, but gunna wait for Gen 2/3 thermals before I even start doing that much.
That and have to wait for scouting to be fixed too. currently its not working propperly.
Of course it isnt :D
Welcome to Bug Thunder
Don’t you dare take its spoiler, its +10 HP.
