I admit I have never played it, so is there anything apart fromt the abovious (no stab, ineffektive armor against darts) that exclude any of the variants from moving out of 8.0 br range?
The janky aiming system and lack of turret. Its a very… situational tank, to say the least. I like it, but it tends to get its transmission shot out and set on fire a LOT.
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It’s a great sniper with its APDS, LRF, and great reload. It is mostly suited for a defensive role where you have the position advantage over your enemies.
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The aiming system is not very good, it doesn’t work well on hills.
Enemies with HEAT are a death sentence, they pierce through the armour super easily. You can’t move at all if the engine is destroyed, and it is destroyed often.
It is also very situational, only works in certain positions, and it can’t be played offensively.
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I will say- when it works, it works amazingly. The gun is amazing, and it can cut through everything at its BR like butter, with an insane reload. Honestly pretty balanced at its BR imo
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It was better before, didnt faced spammed premiums a lot like now. Then APDS changes, which made m/66 useless compared to stock shell. Pretty sad tank right now, engine always on fire and broken.
It’s now really bad except if you’re a long range map. Everything goes through the lower plate, even in the upper plate, your engine instant die, instant take on fire, it’s unplayable in 90% of cases and fun in 10%.
Either you can hull down and get some kills or you get your transmission down and you’re dead but you have to wait a minute for a heatfs or a missile to take you down, meanwhile just watch.
I loved this tank, played it multiple time today, I won’t touch it anymore, 8.0 is too high for it now. It’s a bad tank nowadays, scimitars, foxes, BS russian meds, anything go through. Hence why it’s not up in the BRs.
EDIT: I’m talking of the 103-0 here.
Your loss. 8.7 Sweden is one of the most powerful line ups in the game, and the STRV 103C is central to it.
sureeeeee.
Its a tank that excels in defensive and I guess hulldown possitions. Sadly the current CQB maps and meta make these ways of playing difficult or impossible (depending on the map). Its not a tank you want to play on a city street, but if you can find a nice hill with good line of sight, the enemy might struggle to take you out.
I really enjoyed playing them, don’t let others tell you what you can’t have fun with. Its what you make of it yourself.
You can’t say:
“Sadly the current CQB maps and meta make these ways of playing difficult or impossible (depending on the map)”
Followed by:
“don’t let others tell you what you can’t have fun with.”
It’s either one or the other. The Strv 103 can be fun or not, depending on your luck about the map, another thing we can thank a specific company for.
0 is just a stepping zone to the real deal. The real beast. The STRV 103C.
Anyway, I’ll keep enjoying the cheese wedge, you can keep complaining on the forum.
Oh sorry, we should delete the forum I guess, the game is so perfect, you’re right.
Dont complain about the vehicle, complain about the way you get to or are forced to play it. Everything can be fun, doesn’t matter how much they suck. We can choose what we play, but not so much where we play it.
So I buy a vehicle and the maps are made so I can’t play it on some…smort.
i dont make the game or the maps, but its pretty much like that. Oh you bought this fast light tank to flank with, they removes your flanks. Oh nice long range tank destroyer you got there, heres a CQB map with sightlines that dont go beyond 300 meters.
I currently hate the maps we have the most, not the vehicles
I’m not saying the vehicle is bad, I’m saying exactly that with the current meta and maps, it’s unplayable A LOT of time.
All I can say is I seriously hate the thing, I despise fighting it. Its one of the most annoying tanks to fight.
I take great pleasure in killing the things.
It was my most hated tank in World of Tanks as well.
Ive also never played it.
Skill issue, just use heat and move to the side after you take out the transmission, even my Type 61 can kill the 103, once the transmission is out move slightly and just keep setting him on fire. If you cant do that thats on you.
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Hot take, the Strv 103 is garbage. Anything with APDS, HEAT, High Cal. HE, or god forbid APFSDS will kill you. If they shoot your LFP, you’re useless. Lower on both sides, and they crew kill you. Or they UFP you and kill you that way.
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