The RDF/LT is nice, but it’s not an easy tank to get along with.
Gaijin butchered the abrams horribly, so you’ll be stuck with a 105mm gun facing 11.7 with a fischer-price damage model where if you get penetrated, at all, you’ll be unable to fight back.
I’d just switch nations tbh.
Yeah but america is one of my favourite nation because their tanks are kinda good at everything
Yeah i was thinking about buying the T80UE1 too but it’s not my main nation
The thing is i don’t have enough budget for the M1A1 CB
Get the Click Bait, you’ll be fine.
If you’re talking about the summer sale, the RDFLT package is a much better bang for your buck I think.
You’re right, i’ll just save my money and prob buy the click bait later
Wait for the winter sales, then likely CB and M1128 will be on sale
Don’t waste your money. Whatever you choose, you’ll just end up being spawn camped and killed by CAS. You’re better off putting a talisman on a tech tree vehicle that you have better luck with. 10.0 and higher is a nightmare for US ground. I do recommend the wolfpack though just because it has decent thermals and you can get extra spawn points from spotting.
neither
go T-80UE-1 + bmd-4
Main question is do you LIKE/LOVE light tanks? I personally ADORE light tanks, so I heavily lean towards lights in my lineups/premiums. The M1 KVT is not a great tank, not bad, but really not great.
Huge diff between the Wolfpack and the M1 KVT are their best darts:
The RDF has IRST and prox fused rounds, so you “can” lock onto air targets and lob prox rounds at them. Not saying it counters your point about being CAS spammed, but, it can at least lock and pop them. Especially Helis.
I LOVE the Wolfpack, and its Gen 3 thermals for BOTH gunner and commander cannot be overstated. ALSO, the M1128’s both have hydro pneumatic suspensions now, so you can not only lower/raise, but you can also tilt forward/back, helping with their bad gun depressions.
Another huge thing to consider is BR ratings because ALL of these are Rank VII and will grind out the entire US ground tree just as effectively (if you can get kills) but the Wolfpack sits at 10.3 BR which will prevent you from seeing any uptiers higher than 11.3 BR. (And the Wolfpack is only 9.7 BR in GAB, which is just amazing if you want to do some GAB grinding.)
The Clickbait and the RDF/LT are 11.7 so you will almost always been in full upteirs to 12.0 ground and 12.7 air CAS (or w/e the highest CAS BR is currently.)
Also of note, the RDF/LT only has Gen 1 thermals, which for me personally, are almost useless in GRB: Ground Thermals – Thunder View
I would recommend considering which BR’s you are most willing to suffer, as the M1 KVT will push you into nearly full top tier games up to 11.7 versus “almost” top tier with the Wolfpack up to 11.3
Since I am so strongly biased towards light tanks, I would recommend the Wolfpack, but you need to decide for yourself how much you like light tanks versus MBTs. The Wolfpack is an excellent vehicle, but you can NOT run face first into fights or you will get annihilated nearly instantly every time. But with its Gen 3+3 thermals, you can use the commander sights and see up over most hills and scout with the superb Gen 3 thermals (just in case you didn’t know too: you can not only scout in Commander sight, but use your laser rangefinder too. And fire from Commander sight if you turn on Commander Fire Control, with its associated keybind.)
Finally, the Wolfpack also has a crewless turret, so if you are careful, you can often avoid being one shot when you peak up over hills to scout and/or fire (HE/HEAT/Rockets will still probably one shot you from overpressure, but with most people running darts at those BR’s, it doesn’t happen that often. Spalling from autocannons from BMDs/BMPs/2S38s etc can sometimes get down into your ammo rack, so be a little careful with those.)
If you are 100% deadset on buying one of the on sale US premiums though, I would go with the RDF/LT. But I have to repeat myself, that I am extremely biased towards using light tanks. So, I would prefer to suffer the 11.7 → 12.7 uptiers rather than use a premium MBT to grind out a tech tree.
EDIT #1:
You should deeply consider this about light tanks ☝️ NO armor, especially with the Wolfpack. (I do not have the RDF/LT, so cannot speak on its “armor”.) Many players do not like how squishy light tanks are. I am almost certainly in the minority for liking light tanks so much.
welp since yall be askin what to buy
what should i buy along with T-80UE-1 for RU lineups
Depends fo you want armor or paper, i bought the wolfpack instead of the clickbait and hate no armor.
Su39
What he said.
The Wolfpack is great. Use the hydrosomething suspension for the extra gun depression and you’re onto a winner.
I often take it over the Abrams.
2S38 😂 But for the 100th time, I am a huge light tank enjoyer. Though, even if you do not love light tanks, the 2S38 is an amazing “SPAA”. Especially against helis. IRST+very good Prox fused rounds = ded helis. And Gen 3+3 thermals, I love it for GRB. I use the 2S38 in all of my RU lineups, up to top/max BR.
im buying with gjn so it has to be on sale
You can get GE’s with you GJN, the 2S38 “should” go on sale during Anniversary Sale, fwiw 👍
I do not have the Su39 yet, but I do have the Ka-50 I think it is still great, though it does handle a bit differently from other helis due to being dual rotor, and no tail rotor. It is not as good as the Ka-52, but you do get the prem bonuses if you care. But for top top GRB BR’s, the Su-39 is probably better. Def better than the MiG-23ML for GRB, the MiG does not have CCIP nor CCRP for bombs, while the Su-39 does (and other guided ATGM’s etc).
Heres a fair warning DO NOT BUY THE MIG 23 IT IS HORRIBLE
Also another thing is i dropped over 4000$ on this game… BUY SOMETHING YOU HAVE TEST DRIVEN AND ARE HAPPY WITH
If the summer event tank is the object 195 i will buy it, 50$ at this point is nothing.
In all buy something with good armor and mobility and buy prem time