I would say that 2018 was a lot more dominant year for the Abrams with the M1 and IPM1 dominating hard.
Half of 2019 was the 2A5 dominating everything and everyone.
I have few memories of 2A5s.
My strongest memory is ~2021 after I got the T-72B3 and a 2A5/6 bounced their DM53 off my roof armor.
It was originally released with DM33 alongside the T-80U(3BM42), M1A1(M829) and Challenger 2(L26).
The T-80U had good armor at the cost of gun handling, reverse speed and firepower. The M1A1 had shared best firepower and great mobility at the cost of somewhat bad armor. The 2A5 had great mobility and firepower comparable to the M1A1 while having armor that was far closer to the T-80U without any of the downsides.
Oh yeah I forgot the CR2, well it didn’t really have any standout features back then either, just like now.
Worth noting the acceleration on all T-80 variants is about 50% faster than it should be someone bug reported it recently.
That goes for literally every tank in the entire game, or at the very least every tank I’ve ever seen acceleration data for.
M1A1 accelerates to 32 km/h in 7 seconds.
In-game, it accelerates to 35 km/h in 4:35 seconds.
Leopard 1 accelerates to 35 km/h in 11 seconds.
In-game a Leopard A1A1 accelerates to 35 km/h in 6:15 seconds.
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That explains why the Leos are so strong, US gets random buffs every major update, and the Merkava and Leclerc got a reload buff within the past 3 months.
Keep up the weird, seemingly xenophobic coping though.
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The Leos would be even more stronger if they get modelled correctly.
What random buffs? only the reload buff that nobody asked for!
Because they’re absolutely shit when it comes to armor, Merkava being a plastic tank while being twice the size of a T80.
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Merkava is plastic? With the engine in the front that stops APFSDS like that’s it’s job?
Nevermind that every tank that isn’t Chinese has a much faster second shot capability, and the T series is often OHK by just aiming at the LFP.
Seriously, skill issue.
And no, not just the Abrams. Air too. You know, strongest air tree?
Pretty much any tanks that get shot there often result dead anyway not just Russian tanks
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I assure you, I’ve played many matches in the Merkava Mk.4, and I can report with little doubt the engine block does not stop darts.
My Merkava Mk. 2D would like you to know that it’s engine doesn’t know what stopping APFSDS feels like.
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I mean considering Russia has the 3rd worst top tier tanks ( not counting air and spaa) I think this would probably help a lot
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Leo’s would have even be stronger if the reload speed would be accurate, but gaijin clearly has balance in mind and Russia is now worse tanks then any big top tier nation exept uk
I kinda doubt the Ariete, Merkava, Challenger 2, Challenger 3 and ZTZ-99A are worse than the T-80BVM.
I mean I put uk under 1 section and I would say that ariete and chally are worse , the Chinese one is a bit worse then the t-80bvm but jsut flat out better then t-90m so I’d say the top tier in general is equal / better , as for the Merkava I forgot about it , but even then it’s got a faster reload speed , more survivability better shell problem with Israel top tier that it’s only 1 tank and not a lineup
lol no
“lol no “ such a nice answer
Buddy what the hell are you talking about!
Merkava is indeed plastic, and the engine rarely stops any APFSDS and it is not its job.
Chinese tanks jot got a buff and got modelled correctly while other nations can just dream to get the same treatement.
Now that China being bad has burnt up with upcoming update and italy too, what’s next?
Abrams is as bad as Leclerc and Challengers wym?
He’s right, Merkavas got poor survivability compared to irl.
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So we using irl meanwhile Abram’s got a 4 second reload while Leo got 6 second while no Abram’s crew does it in 4 but Leo crews do it in 5 ? Ok buddy