Yes, but:
For armour to even start being a consideration you have to be talking about things like the 279, Stillbrew Chieftain, hulldown T-64As and T-72As.
Yes this would be logical if every single tank was not moved up in BR at the BR range so now it is regularly facing APDS which its armor is semi effective against.
“semi” doing a lot of lifting here
Post penetration of APDS will not one shot your tank like APDSFS will do.
Even basic Leopard 1 is a lot newer than T-55A. I don’t think T-54/55s should have had that major reload buff, and I don’t think any of the T-54s should have APDS. Balance wise yeah, Leopard A1A1 is quick, stabilised and has DM23. It’s better than AM1 really.
No?
Leopard A1A1
“The Leopard 1 was the first tank developed in Germany after World War II. The tanks of lots 1 to 4 were upgraded in 1975 to 1977 with additional turret armor mounted on rubber elements and were given the designation Leopard A1A1.”
extra armor
9.0
T-55AM-1 / T-55AMD-1
“The T-54/55 went on a modernization program in the late 70s and mid 80s, featuring mainly an increase in combat capacity to fight against more modern tanks, and newer, more powerful ammunition. This resulted in the T-55AM, with major upgrades in all departments, mainly firepower and protection.”
“The suffix “-1” was added to later models which featured the 691 hp V-46-5M engine, a derivation of the T-72’s 780 hp V-46-6 engine.”
extra armor / improved fire power / upgraded mobility
8.7
TAM should be at 9.0 or higher. DM33 is really powerful for that BR
And don’t forget the volumetric nightmare of the Leo turret.
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A1A1’s 105mm DM23 will make a quick work of T-55AM-1, and at this point it is safe to say it’s armor is useless at head-to-head engagement between the two mentioned tanks. Meanwhile, A1A1 has way better gun handling, reload, mobility but lacks the LRF.
Honestly, having worse overall armor (which won’t matter in plenty of cases) and no LRF, while being better at everything else is surely worth the additional 0.3 BR.
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The T-55 is classified as a Medium Tank by the Soviet not a MBT.
Leopard A1A1 is better than most 9.0 MBTs.It has a decent ammo,good mobility and decent armor.Which many MBTs dont have at that BR.Either they will have a good armor or good mobility or good ammo.
Anyways TAM 2IP should get a BR raise.That thing is so OP at 9.0 with it’s DM33
And I said T-55A, it was in response to Venom Thanos
Medium tank of argentina. T.A.M. the tam is an mbt.
And the tam has a laser rangefinder, scouting(despite literally being a medium tank), a drone, and a 29 shell first stage ammo stowage compared to the 14 shell first stage of the leo 1a1.
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Damn that’s cute
No LRF
No Thermals
The ammo is good compared to other tanks at 8.3 not to tanks at 8.7
It’s an 8.7 tank the only reason it’s 9.0 is because people are afraid of having to look to the left / right side of the map
The Leopard A1A1 can full pen the T-55AM-1
The T-55AM-1 can full pen the Leopard A1A1
Every other tank is an entirely different story including IFVs / aircraft
No LRF / No Thermals
The only good thing is moderately better mobility for which you are sacrificing very necessary features for a BR range that puts you against 9.7 / 9.3 MBTs
This isn’t the tank’s armor this is Gaijin’s programming.
It does not matter.
Unless you want WoT level of armor, or wait a whole day for the server to simulate the shot-